What is the difference between camsave config, camsave persist and camsave explicit?

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

What is the difference between the camsave persist,  camsave config and camsave explicit commands?

Environment

Client Automation: All Versions

Resolution

CAMSAVE EXPLICIT

• Generates the file %CAI_MSQ%\cam.cfg with parameters in section *CONFIG which are used by the cam.exe process
• Paths and Routing section will be left blank.

NOTE: Since "camsave explicit" creates a cam.cfg file, if there is already present, any lines in *PATHS and/or *ROUTING will be removed.

CAMSAVE PERSIST

• Generates the file %CAI_MSQ%\cam.cfg with parameters in section *CONFIG
• Also populates the Paths and Routing with any machines that are connected at the time the command is executed
• Since UDP is the default protocol, agents that are showing to use UDP do not need to be in the cam.cfg file, only agents that show using TCP 4105

NOTE: Since it does populate all machines that are connected at the time the command is executed, this command has been known to freeze and create a corrupted CAM.CFG file

 

CAMSAVE CONFIG

• Generates the file %CAI_MSQ%\save.cfg with parameters in section *CONFIG
• Also populates the Paths and Routing with any machines that is connected at the time the command is executed
• Since UDP is the default protocol, agents that are showing to use UDP do not need to be in the cam.cfg file, only agents that show using TCP 4105

NOTE: Since this files does not create a cam.cfg file, but instead a save.cfg file, it is less likely to have an issue when creating it, but you will have to rename the save.cfg file to cam.cfg when done

Additional Information

To update the cam.cfg file: 

1. Run the update commands before creating the cam.cfg 

For example

To set CAM fragment size to 1024

camconfig fragment_size=1024
camsave explicit
 

To set CAM in trace

camconfig trace=all
camsave explicit

2.  Create the cam.cfg file and then add or change the parameters and save the file.             

After making any changes to the cam.cfg file, please restart caf and cam services:

CAF STOP
CAMCLOSE & CAM START -C -L

CAF START