CMC appliance menu

The cmc::appliance> menu includes commands for managing network and system settings.

See About the CMC command line in SEM for information about using the CMC command line.

Type the appliance command at the main menu to open the cmc::appliance> prompt. Commands available from the appliance menu are listed in the following table in alphabetical order.

Y in the "Restart Required" column indicates that a command requires an automatic restart of the SEM Manager service. See Start and stop the SEM appliance and agent for help.

Command	Description	Restart Required
activate	Configures essential SEM features. Run this command after you install the SEM license. See Run the activate command to secure SEM and configure network settings for instructions.	N
checklogs	Shows the contents of the SEM log files from sources such as syslog and SNMP.	N
clearsyslog	Removes all rotated and compressed local files.	N
cleantemp	Removes temporary files SEM created during normal operation. Run this command to recover used disk space, or at the suggestion of SolarWinds Support.	N
dateconfig	Sets/shows the SEM VM's date and time.	N
dbdiskconfig	Configures the database retention setting (that is, the percentage of free space for the database). This command requires an automatic restart of the SEM Manager service.	Y
diskusage	Checks disk usage consumed by the SEM Manager and several other internal components (such as the database or log files), and provides a summary. This information is included when you send SolarWinds Support information using the support command.	N
diskusageconfig	Sets the SEM Manager disk usage limit by the percentage of unavailable disk space or the amount of free disk space.	N
editbanner	Edits the SSH login banner.	N
exit	Exits the appliance menu and returns to the main menu.	N
exportsyslog	Exports the system logs.	N
hostname	Changes the hostname of the SEM VM.	N
import	Imports the SIM or SEM backup to the SEM.	N
limitsyslog	Interrogates and/or changes the number of rotated log files to be kept.	N
multimanagerconfig	Enables or disables the multimanager. If you enable multimanager, some security scanners may generate cross-domain security warnings about SEM. If this feature is not required, keep it disabled.	N
setlogrotate	Sets the syslog rotation frequency to either hourly or daily.	N
netconfig	Configures network settings for the SEM VM, such as the IP address, subnet mask, and DNS server(s).	N
ntpconfig	Configures the Network Time Protocol (NTP) service on the SEM VM for synchronization with a time server.	N
password	Changes the CMC user password.	N
ping	Pings other IP addresses or host names from the SEM VM to verify network connectivity.	N
reboot	Reboots the SEM VM.	N
shutdown	Shuts down the SEM VM.	N
top	Displays and monitors CPU and memory usage, as well as per process information for the Manager Network Appliance.	N
tzconfig	Configure the SEM VM time zone information.	N
viewnetconfig	Displays the SEM VM network settings, such as the IP address, subnet mask, and DNS server(s).	N
exit	Exits the appliance menu and returns to the main menu.	N