This command manages VirtaMove Source Monitor. Administrator privileges are required.

You can use this command to only synchronize roles and features between a source and a destination machine.

Syntax

virtamonitor /host hostname [/conf config-file] <more options>

virtamonitor /host hostname [/db db-file] <more options>

virtamonitor /create-rsm

Options

Option	Description
/host hostname	Specifies the machine where the operation should take place.
/conf config-file	Optional. Specifies the path to the config file on the specified machine. If this option is not provided, the default config file will be used, which is located at `<VirtaMove Install Path>\Monitor\MonitorConfig.xml`.
/db db-file	Optional. Specifies the path to the Source Monitor database file on the machine "hostname". If this option is not provided, the Source Monitor database file will be used, which is `<VirtaMove Install Path>\Monitor\Monitor.db`.
/create-rsm	Create the Source Monitor runtime shared memory.
Options used with /conf
/add-serve service-name	Add a service name to the specified Source Monitor config file.
/add-filter filter-desc	Add a filter to the specified Source Monitor config file. `filter-desc` is the filter descriptor which specifies which source machine to monitor. It is a comma-delimited string in the form of `"ExecPath,<Is\|BeginsWith\|Contains>,<Value>"`.
/remove-service service-name	Remove a service name from the specified Source Monitor config file.
/remove-filter filter-desc	Remove a filter from the Source Monitor config file.
/display-conf	Display the Source Monitor config file.
/add-serve service-name	Add a service name to the Source Monitor config file.
/add-filter filter-desc	Add a filter to the Source Monitor config file.
/import-tmpl template-file	Import services from a container template file to the specified config file.
/enable	Enable Source Monitor on the source machine with the specified config file.
/disable	Disable the Source Monitor.
/status	Show the status of the Source Monitor, for example whether the Source Monitor is enabled and which applications are being monitored.
/export-db	Export paths from the database into an export file on the local machine. The export file will be populated with all the tracked paths, line by line in plain text.
/display-conf	Display the specified config file.
Options used with /db
/export-paths export-file	Export paths from the specified database file into `export-file`.
/update-tmpl tmpl-file	Update a PACE template file with paths in the specified database file.
/get-summary summary-file[.xml]	Get the Source Monitor summary into `summary-file` based on the specified database file. Summary information lists which processes have been monitored so far, how many paths were discovered by the Source Monitor at different times, and so on.

Usage Examples

To display the Source Monitor Config File on the machine "hostname" on which Source Monitor is running:

To add a service to the Source Monitor config file:

To enable the Source Monitor with a specific config file:

To specify the path to the Source Monitor database file on the machine where Source Monitor is running and export paths from the database into a specific export file: