.TH UTILITY 1 
.ad b
.SH NAME
utility \- is a general purpose program to manage Performance 
datastore.


.SH SYNOPSIS

To scan datastore and produce a report on its contents:

   utility -xs [-v] [-dD] [-e <date> <time>]
               [-f <filename>]

To check the syntax of a parameter file:

   utility -xp <parmfile> [-v] [-f <filename>]

To check the syntax of an alarm definitions file:

   utility -xc <alarmdef> [-f <filename>]

To analyze datastore against an alarm definitions file:

   utility -xa [-dD] [-f <filename>]



.SH
To run :

   utility [-v] [-dD] [-f <filename]  

.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP 18
.B -f <file>         
Sends output to a specific output file.
.TP 18
.B -D                
Enables detail for scan, analyze, and parm file checking
.TP 18
.B -d                
Disables detail for scan, analyze, and parm file checking
.TP 18
.B -T
Selects terse output reports 
.TP 18
.B -v                
Selects verbose output
.TP 18
.B -xp <parmfile>    
Syntax checks a parameter file.
.TP 18
.B -xc <alarmdef>    
Syntax checks an alarm definitions file and sets
the alarmdef file name.
.TP 18
.B -xa               
Analyzes datastore against the alarm definitions file

Note: The datastore is accessed through the coda daemon or 
the repository servers. You must make sure that data sources 
are defined in the data source configuration file 
(datasources file).

.TP 18
.B -xs  
Scans the datastore and produces a report

.TP 18
.B ?         
Displays command line syntax

.SH -d and -T are default settings
.SH 
.SH where:
.TP 12
.B <parmfile> 
Names a parameter file; can be fully qualified
with a path name. (The default parm file is parm.)
.TP 12
.B <alarmdef> 
Names an alarm definitions file; can be fully qualified
with a path name. (The default alarm definitions file is
alarmdef.)

.SH EXAMPLES

The normal input and output redirection is allowed (<,>,2>). 
.TP 10
.B Example: 
To scan and produce a detailed report,
enter:

.TP
  utility -D -xs

.SH AUTHOR

Developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

.SH FILES

.TP
.B rxlog
- PC format file.
.TP
.B utility.help
- help catalog
.TP
.B parm
- parameter file
.TP
.B alarmdef
- alarm definitions file
.TP
.B utilengine
- process that performs the work for analyze and
  checkdef commands

.SH SEE ALSO
 extract(1), midaemon(1).