FactoryTalk Updater command-line parameters

This table identifies the command-line parameters used to export inventory and configure FactoryTalk Updater Client and Server. Command-line parameters are case-insensitive. However, if a specified value includes a space, be sure to enclose the value in quotation marks (for example, "value with spaces").
FactoryTalk Updater command-line parameters
Parameter
Description
/?
Displays the usage options for parameters.
/ExportInventory=”value”
Exports the inventory information from all online Agents. Specify the value of an existing directory path or the full path for the file to export. The file to export must be a .csv file.
/ExportActivation=”value”
Exports activation information from all online Agents. Specify the value of an existing directory path or the full path for the file to export. The file to export must be a .csv file.
/ExportLog=”value”
Exports the log information from the Client. Specify the value of an existing directory path or the full path for the file to export. The file to export must be a .csv file.
/ExportAop=”value”
Export Add-On Profile (AOP) information from all online agents to local. You can specify the value of an existing directory path or the full path for the file to export. The file to export must be a .csv file. If the value is a directory, it must already exist.
/DownloadPath=”value”
Specifies the download path of the Client. The value of this parameter must be an existing directory path.
/CheckInterval=”value”
Specifies the interval schedule for the automatic scanning of all machines. Set this parameter to a value between 1 and 366 days.
/AddAgents
Adds agents to the server by single IP address or by a range of addresses. Specify agents in this format: /AddAgents=”10.108.1.1,10.224.1.1-10.224.1.100”
/Group
Specifies a group name when adding agents to the server.
/UserName
Specifies the user name used to connect to the Server.
/Password
Specifies the password used to connect to the Server.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the command-line parameters to export information:
CommandPrompt.exe /ExportInventory=”C:\InventoryInfo\InventoryInfo.csv” 
/ExportActivation=”C:\ActivationInfo\Activations.csv” 
/ExportLog=”C:\ClientLog\Log.csv” /ExportAop=” C:\AopInfo\Aop.csv” 
/UserName=”user” /Password=”password”
The following example shows how to use the command-line parameters to add agents and specify a group name:
CommandPrompt.exe /AddAgents=”10.108.1.1,10.224.1.1-10.224.1.100” 
/Group=”groupA” /UserName=”user” /Password=”password”
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