Administrator's Reference

SETOPT (Set a Server Option for Dynamic Update)

Use the SETOPT command to update a server option dynamically.

Rollback processing does not apply to a SETOPT command contained in a macro.

Note:

SETOPT commands inside a macro cannot be rolled back.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax

>>-SETOPT--optionname--optionvalue-----------------------------><
 

Parameters

optionname

Specifies the name of the server option to be updated. This parameter is required.

optionvalue

Specifies a text string of information identifying the value for the server option to be updated. The maximum length of the text string is 255 characters. This parameter is required. The following options are available:

• COMMTIMEOUT

• DATEFORMAT

• EXPINTERVAL

• EXPQUIET

• IDLETIMEOUT

• MAXSESSIONS

• NOAUDITSTORAGE

• NUMBERFORMAT

• RESTOREINTERVAL

• TIMEFORMAT

Examples

Task

Update an existing server option (DATEFORMAT 1, for example) to DATEFORMAT 5.

Command:

setopt dateformat 5

Related Commands

Table 219. Commands Related to SETOPT

Command	Description
QUERY OPTION	Displays information about one or more options from the server options file.
QUERY SYSTEM	Displays details about the ADSM server system.