searchGroups command

Use this command to search for groups.

Purpose

Use the searchGroups command to find groups in virtual member manager that match particular criteria. For example, you can use the searchGroups command to find all groups with a cn that starts with IBM.

If successful, the searchGroups command returns a list of unique names of all groups that match the search criteria.

Syntax

searchGroups { -cn commonname –description description  [-timeLimit tlimit] 
              [-countLimit countlimit] }

Parameters

-cn commonname
Specifies the common name used for the group. This parameter maps to the cn property in virtual member manager.
-description description
Specifies information about the group. This parameter maps to the description entity in a virtual member manager object.
–timeLimit tlimit
Specifies the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that the search can run. The default is no time limit.
–countLimit countlimit
Specifies the maximum number of results that you want returned from the search. By default, all groups found in the search are returned.

Sample

To search for all groups that have a description specified, issue this command:
$AdminTask searchGroups {-description *}
To search for all groups that have IBM appearing in the common name of the group, issue this command:
$AdminTask searchGroups {-cn *IBM*}


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