2. Usage

The default output has changed to pipe (white space delimited plain text).

To get the old style terminal tables, use the table output format type, e.g.:

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=table

To get the html formated output use the html output format type, e.g.:

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=html

To get pdf output, use the pdf format output type, e.g.:

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=pdf

Usage information can be found by using the help option:

$ ./parsec.rb --help

Usage: ./parsec.rb

$ ./parsec.rb --help

"--prefix",     "-b"  Set base/prefix directory
"--customer",   "-C"  Set customer name
"--date",       "-T"  Set date (used in conjunction with list)
"--dir",        "-d"  Specify directory where explorers are (default is ./explorers)
"--dodisks",    "-D"  Do disks (reports information on all disks)
"--format",     "-f"  Output format
"--list",       "-l"  List explorers (also lists dmidecodes and facters if present)
"--masked",     "-m"  Mask hostnames, IPs, MAC addresses etc
"--model",      "-M"  Set model (used in conjunction with list)
"--input",      "-i"  Input file
"--output",     "-o"  Output file
"--pause",      "-p"  Pause between each report when running against all hosts (useful for debugging)
"--report",     "-R"  Report type (e.g. all, cpu, memory)
"--server",     "-s"  Server to run explorer report for
"--type",       "-t"  Type of report (default is explorer)
"--date",       "-T"  Set date (used in conjunction with list)
"--temp",       "-w"  Work directory
"--usage",      "-u"  Display usage information
"--use",        "-U"  Override defaults, e.g. use gzip rather than pgiz
"--year",       "-Y"  Set year(used in conjunction with list)
"--help",       "-h"  Display help information
"--verbose",    "-v"  Verbose output
"--version",    "-V"  Display version
"--changelog",  "-c"  Print changelog

Get some examples of usage:

$ ./parsec.rb --usage=examples

Run a CPU report against a specific host

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=cpu

Run a CPU report against all hosts

$ ./parsec.rb --server=all --report=cpu

Run a all reports against a specific host

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all

Run all reports against all hosts

$ ./parsec.rb --server=all --report=all

Run all reports against a specific host and output a PDF report
(will create a file based on the hostname and report in the outputs directory)

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=pdf

Run all reports against a specific host and output PDF a report to a specific file

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=pdf --output=hostename.pdf

Run a all reports against a specific host and output it in a format that can be piped into another command

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=pipe

Run a all reports against a specific host and output it in a table format

$ ./parsec.rb --server=hostname --report=all --format=table

More information can be found by using the usage option:

$ ./parsec.rb --usage=reports

aggr:       Report on aggregate information
all:        Report on everything
coreadm:    Report on coreadm information
cpu:        Report on CPU information
cron:       Report on cron information
crypto:     Report on crypto information
cups:       Report on CUPS information
disk:       Report on disks
dumpadm:    Report on dumpadm information
eeprom:     Report on EEPROM
elfsign:    Report on elfsign information
explorer:   Report on Explore information
firmware:   Report on Firmware information
fru:        Report on FRU information
fs:         Report on filesystem information
host:       Report on host information
inetadm:    Report on inetadm information
inetd:      Report on inetd information
inetinit:   Report on inetinit information
io:         Report on all IO
ipmi:       Report on IPMI information
ldom:       Report on LDom information
link:       Report on link information
locale:     Report on locale information
login:      Report on locale information
lu:         Report on Live Upgrade information
kernel:     Report on kernel information
keyserv:    Report on keyserv information
memory:     Report on Memory information
modinfo:    Report on Kernel Module information
module:     Report on Kernel Module information
mount:      Report on mount information
ndd:        Report on ndd information
network:    Report on network information
ntp:        Report on NTP information
obp:        Report on OBP information
os:         Report on OS information
package:    Report on package information
pam:        Report on PAM information
password:   Report on password information
patch:      Report on patch information
power:      Report on power information
security:   Report on Security information
sendmail:   Report on Sendmail settings
sensors:    Report on Sensor information
serial:     Report on Chassis Serial information
serials:    Report on Component Serial information
services:   Report on Services information
slots:      Report on Upgradeable slot information
snmp:       Report on SNMP information
ssh:        Report on SSH information
su:         Report on SU information
suspend:    Report on Suspend information
syslog:     Report on syslog information
system:     Report on system information
swap:       Report on swap information
tcp:        Report on TCP information
telnet:     Report on Telnet information
udp:        Report on UDP information
vnic:       Report on VNIC information
veritas:    Report on Veritas information
zfs:        Report on ZFS information
zone:       Report on Zone information