Setting The Tpdsysname Environment Variable; Setting The Tpdsysname Environment Variable On Solaris And Linux; Setting The Tpdsysname Environment Variable On Windows; Using The -Sys Option - HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 2-node Administrator's Manual

Setting the TPDSYSNAME Environment Variable

By setting the system name, you are not prompted for your system name, user name, and password
when running the CLI, which can be useful for scripting.
You can specify the system name in the following three ways:
Set the TPDSYSNAME environment variable.
Use the sys command line global option.
Enter the system name when prompted.

Setting the TPDSYSNAME Environment Variable on Solaris and Linux

To set the environment variable on Solaris or Linux, see the following system output example.
Substitute your system name for <sysname> and use the correct syntax for your shell.
$ TPDSYSNAME=<sysname>
$ export TPDSYSNAME
$ cli

Setting the TPDSYSNAME Environment Variable on Windows

To set the environment variable in Microsoft Windows for one instance of a Command Prompt
window, run set TPDSYSNAME=<sysname>. Substitute <sysname> with the name of your
system. The environment variable remains in effect for that window until you exit that window.
To set the environment variable in Windows indefinitely and for all newly created Command
Prompt windows:
1. Perform Step 1
variable in Windows as described in
2. In the Environment Variable dialog box, enter TPDSYSNAME in the Variable box.
3. Enter your system name in the Value box.
4. Click OK.

Using the -sys Option

The global option sys (system) overrides any setting of the environment variable TPDSYSNAME.
On the command line, enter sys after the command name, followed by your system name. See
the following output example. Substitute your system name for <system1>.
$ showhost

Using the System Name

The system prompts for the system name if the environment variable TPDSYSNAME is not set and
the sys option is not used. To use the system name, see the following output example. Substitute
your system name for <system1>.
$ cli
system: <system1>
through Step 4 of the procedure for setting the TPDSOCKSSL environment
sys <system1>
"Using SSL" (page 44).
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