GhostCast Server command-line options

GhostCasting

GhostCast Server command-line options

Table: GhostCast Server switches lists the GhostCast Server command-line switches.

Table: GhostCast Server switches

Switch

Description

-Ncount

Starts the GhostCast transmission after count clients have joined the session.

-Ttime

Starts sending to a session automatically after a specified time (24-hour hh:mm format) with a maximum of 24 hours.

-Ominutes

Starts transmission minutes after the last client connection.

-Llevel

Creates a log file specifying log level E, S, W, I, or A.

The log level x can be E (errors), S (statistics), W (warnings), I (information), or A (all) in increasing order of logging detail.

-Ffilename

Specifies log file name for the -L option and is by default, Ghostlog.txt.

-C

Closes ghostsrv application after GhostCast session completion.

-D

Uses create from client mode. Restore to client is the default.

-R

Restarts the GhostCast session on completion and waits for client connections again after GhostCasting is complete.

-P

Specifies partition mode operation. If restoring to clients, the partition number must be given. If creating an image from client, no partition number is required.

-U

Forces the multicast mode, as follows:

  • -UM (Multicast)

  • -UU (Unicast)

  • -UD (Directed Broadcast)

-Mxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Sets the multicast address to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Addresses between 224.0.2.0 - 239.255.255.255 are valid.

-Mxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx-xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Specifies a range of multicast addresses. The address is chosen from within this range. Addresses between 224.0.2.0 - 239.255.255.255 are valid.

-DISKnumber

Specifies the client disk number to which to restore or create the image file.

-PARTnumber

Specifies the client partition number to which to restore or create the image file.

-Gswitch

Specifies switches to include in the command line and those used by the Ghost application.

-HLxxx

Sets the maximum amount of bandwidth consumed while restoring an image, where xxx is the number of megabytes per minute.

-HDxxx

Sets the maximum amount of bandwidth consumed while creating an image, where xxx is the number of megabytes per minute.

-TTLxxx

Sets the multicasting time to live.