Accessing Data Mover Command-Line Help - Teradata Data Mover

Teradata Data Mover User Guide

Product
Teradata Data Mover
Release Number
16.00
Published
December 2016
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-03-29
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Product Category
Analytical Ecosystem

You can display the basic syntax structure and view a list and brief description of all of the commands available in the Data Mover command-line interface.

You can also specify a command name to view more detailed information about the command, including a syntax example and a list and description of each of the parameters associated with the command.

  1. Type datamove --help in the command line, and do one of the following:
    Option Description
    View all commands
    • Press Enter to view a list and brief description of all of the commands.
    View a specific command
    • Add a specific command name to view information about a particular command, including a list of its parameters.
    • Press Enter.

For example, for information about the create command, type datamove --help create and press Enter. The following is displayed:

datamove --help create
dm-agent4:~ # datamove --help create
Data Mover Command Line 14.10.00.00
About to connect to ActiveMQ at localhost:61616
Connected to Daemon version 14.10.00.00
NAME:
create - Create Command

DESCRIPTION:
Creates a job on the DM Daemon based on the information from the arguments and the parameter file

EXAMPLE:
datamove create -job_name job1 -f parameters.xml

Parameters:
Parameter                       Example         Description
job_name                        job1            (optional)Name for the job, must be unique. Generated if unspecified
job_priority                    MEDIUM          (optional)Execution priority for job. HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW. Default is MEDIUM.
source_tdpid                    Checks          Source Teradata database
source_user                     TD_API_user     (optional)Source Teradata logon id
source_password                 123456789       (optional)Source Teradata logon password
source_logon_mechanism          NTLM            (optional)Mechanism to use when logging onto source system
source_logon_mechanism_data     joe@domain1     (optional)Additional parameters for the logon mechanism being used
source_account_id               account_id      (optional)Source Teradata logon account ID
target_tdpid                    Leo             Target Teradata database
target_user                     TD_API_user     (optional)Target Teradata logon id
target_password                 123456789       (optional)Target Teradata logon password
target_logon_mechanism          NTLM            (optional)Mechanism to use when logging onto target system
target_logon_mechanism_data     joe@domain1     (optional)Additional parameters for the logon mechanism being used
target_account_id               account_id      (optional)Target Teradata logon account ID
data_streams                    4               (optional)Number of data streams to use
source_sessions                 4               (optional)Number of session on the source
target_sessions                 4               (optional)Number of session on the target
max_agents_per_task             4               (optional)Max number of agents to use in parallel for each table/database/journal being moved
overwrite_existing_objects      true            (optional)Overwrites objects that already exist on the target
force_utility                   arc             (optional)Force DM to use a specific utility for all DM operations
log_level                       2               (optional)Log level to output a log file
online_archive                  true            (optional)Allows read/write access to the source tables while the tables are being copied
table                           DB1.TABLE       (optional)Table to be copied
response_timeout                60              (optional)Amount of time to wait for Daemon response in seconds
uowid                           uowid           (optional) Unit of work id to identify the job execution.
security_username               dmcl_admin      (optional) User ID of the super user. Only used if security management is enabled.
security_password               53cUr17y        (optional) Password for the super user. Only used if security management is enabled.
security_password_encrypted     052c7aabd1..    (optional) Encrypted password for the super user. Only used if security management is enabled.
query_band                      AppName=B;      (optional) QueryBand passed to the Database as a list of name=value pairs in a string.