Check Point - MDS/Provider-1 Command Reference

List of Check Point Multi-Domain Security Management(MDS)/Provider-1 commands.

Command	Description
mdsconfig	MDS replacement for cpconfig.
mdsenv [dms_name]	Set the environment variables for DMS level.
mdsstart [-m|-s] mdsstop [-m]	Starts/stops the MDS and all DMS (10 at a time). Start only the MDS with -m or DMS subsequently with -s.
mdsstat [dms_name]|[-m]	Show status of the MDS and all DMS or a certain customer's DMS. Use -m for only MDS status.
cpinfo -c <dms>	Create a cpinfo for the customer DMS <dms>. Remember to run mdsenv <dms> in advance.
mcd <dir>	Change directory to $FWDIR/<dir> of the current DMS.
mdsstop_customer <dms>	Stop single DMS <dms>.
mdsstart_customer <dms>	Start single DMS <dms>.
mds_backup [-l] [-d directory]	Backup binaries and data to current directory. Change output directory with -d, exclude logs with -l, do a dry run with -v. You can exclude files by specifying them in $MDSDIR/conf/mds_exclude.dat.
./mds_restore <file>	Restore MDS backup from file. Notice: you may need to copy mds_backup from $MDSDIR/scripts/ as well as gtar and gzip from $MDS_SYSTEM/shared/ to the directory with the backup file. Normally, mds_backup does this during backup.
cma_migrate	Import and if necessary upgrade an export_database created management server or DMS database package.
mdscmd <subcmds> [-m mds -u user -p pass]	Connect to a (remote) MDS as CPMI client and configure or manage it. See mdscmd help.
vsx_util <subcommand>	Perfom VSX maintenance from the main DMS. See vsx_util -h for subcommands.