istool syntax

just4geeks · Post by **just4geeks** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:37 am

Thanks a ton asorrell for such a useful post!
This helped me a lot!

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:18 am

smosalakanti wrote:thank you for the details on the utility "istool". Is it possible to encrypt password ?

This is possible in version 8.7. You can also (in 8.7) use an -authfile option to specify a file containing authentication information - the password can be encrypted there also.
IBM provides encrypt.bat to encrypt using AES-128, but you can substitute your own encryption technology - it's all documented.

pandeesh · Post by **pandeesh** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:00 am

probal wrote:@asorrell:: As you have pointed out earlier that if the password contains '$' a backslash needs to be infront of it.

I don't think it is needed.I'm using a password that contains a '$' and without the '/' it is working fine for me.

It's actually '\' and not '/' and i believe you are enclosing your password within double quotes "password$"(in case of special characters either you should use '\'or enclose whole password within double quotes)

fmou · Post by **fmou** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:36 pm

I believe single quote will work for special characters like '$', etc.

@asorrell, Thanks a billion for such a useful post!
I was about to dig myself.
Thanks for the tremendous time-saving I can have.

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:50 pm

ray.wurlod wrote:IBM provides encrypt.bat to encrypt using AES-128, but you can substitute your own encryption technology - it's all documented.

Yes, in 8.7 you can encrypt the password and more. Some more details: if you're on UNIX or Linux then you can use the encrypt.sh command. The Administration Guide has details under the Encrypt command section. Happy encrypting!

pandeesh · Post by **pandeesh** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:55 pm

qt_ky wrote:Yes, in 8.7 if you're on UNIX or Linux then you can use the encrypt.sh command.

Is this in built?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:40 pm

devidotcom · Post by **devidotcom** » Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:24 am

Hi,

The post had detailed explanation. Thank you.

I was looking for a command where I could export certain set of jobs to one isx file. These jobs could exist in different folders in DataStage project.

Your help is appreciated.

Thank you

IBM Analytics Champion 2009 - 2020 · Post by **asorrell** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:57 am

The istool command doesn't give you a means to selectively backup jobs from multiple projects. You could create a temporary project, drag and drop the jobs into that one project using the Manager, and then back them up.

Also - please note I did make edits in main post at end...

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:35 pm

Is there a server side compile yet? We use istool to migrate jobs. Sometimes we need to force compile a job when source server and target server different hardware.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:34 pm

The engine-side compile should be dscc

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Sat May 03, 2014 8:43 pm

Thanks Ray.

kduke · Post by **kduke** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:59 pm

I could not find dscc on the UNIX servers.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 07, 2014 5:21 pm

My bad. dscc is the client-side command line compiler.

vamsi_4a6 · Post by **vamsi_4a6** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:03 am

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./istool export -domain serviceshost:9080 -authfile /home/dsadm/.authfile -silent -archive /backups/projectname.isx -datastage "-incdep -base=ENGINEHOST/Dev_Project */*.*"

I have to do backup for entire project but not sure what vale i need to pass for -base flag.Any help on this?I have jobs in Multiple categories

DSXchange

istool syntax

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Export only certain jobs in different DataStage folder

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