Deploying Your Operating System Using VMCLI 243If your operating system supports administrator privileges or an operatingsystem-specific privilege or group membership, administrator privileges arealso required to run the VMCLI command.The client system’s administrator controls user groups and privileges, therebycontrolling the users who can run the utility.For Windows systems, you must have Power User privileges to run theVMCLI utility.For Linux systems, you can access the VMCLI utility without administratorprivileges by using the sudo command. This command provides a centralizedmeans of providing non-administrator access and logs all user commands.To add or edit users in the VMCLI group, the administrator uses the visudocommand. Users without administrator privileges can add the sudo commandas a prefix to the VMCLI command line (or to the VMCLI script) to obtainaccess to the iDRAC6 in the remote system and run the utility.Installing the VMCLI UtilityThe VMCLI utility is located on the Dell Systems Management Tools andDocumentation DVD, which is included with your Dell OpenManage SystemManagement Software Kit. To install the utility, insert the Dell SystemsManagement Tools and Documentation DVD into your system’s DVD driveand follow the on-screen instructions.The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD contains thelatest systems management software products, including storagemanagement, remote access service, and the IPMItool utility. This DVD alsocontains readme files, which provide the latest systems management softwareproduct information.The Dell Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD includesvm6deploy—a sample script that illustrates how to use the VMCLI andIPMItool utilities to deploy software to multiple remote systems.NOTE: The vm6deploy script is dependent upon the other files that are present inits directory when it is installed. If you want to use the script from another directory,you must copy all of the files with it. If the IPMItool utility is not installed, the utilityneeds to be copied in addition to the other files.Command Line OptionsThe VMCLI interface is identical on both Windows and Linux systems.
