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6 bcfg2-admin - Perform repository administration tasks
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9 bcfg2-admin [-C config-file] <mode> <mode args> <mode options>
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12 bcfg2-admin Perform Bcfg2 repository administration
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15 -C <config-file>
16 Specify the location of the configuration file (if it is not in
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21 Initialize a new repository (interactive)
22 client <action> <client> [attribute=value]
23 Add or remove clients from metadata
24 query [g=group] [p=profile] [-f output-file] [-n] [-c]
25 Search for clients based on group or profile
26 compare <old> <new>
27 Compare two client configurations. Can be used to verify consis‐
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29 minestruct <client> [-f xml-file] [-g groups]
30 Build structure entries based on client statistics extra entries
31 pull <client> <entry-type> <entry-name>
32 Install configuration information into repo based on client bad
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34 snapshots [init|dump|query|reports]
35 Interact with the Snapshots database
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37 Remove unused files from repository
38 viz [-H] [-b] [-k] [-o png-file] [-r]
39 Create a graphviz diagram of client, group and bundle informa‐
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41 bundle <action>
42 Display details about the available bundles
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46 Add a client 'add' or delete a client 'del'
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50 Set attribute values when adding a new client
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54 Specify a group to search within
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56 Specify a profile to search within
57 -f <output-file>
58 Write the results of the query to a file
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60 Print the results, one on each line
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62 Print the results, separated by commas
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66 Specify the location of the old configuration file
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68 Specify the location of the new configuration file
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72 Client whose metadata is to be searched for extra entries
73 -g <groups>
74 Hierarchy of groups in which to place the extra entries in
75 -f <xml-output-file>
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80 Specify the name of the client to search for
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82 Specify the type of the entry to pull
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84 Specify the name of the entry to pull
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88 Initialize the snapshots database
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90 Query the snapshots database
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92 Dump some of the contents of the snapshots database
93 reports [-a] [-b] [-e] [--date=<MM-DD-YYYY>]
94 Generate reports for clients in the snapshots database
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98 Include hosts in diagram
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100 Include bundles in diagram
101 -o <output file>
102 Write to outfile file instead of stdout
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