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TABCMD, TABADMIN:-
TABCMD, TABADMIN are the two command line utilities in the Tableau Server.
Using these two we could perform all the operations using command prompt.
TABCMD:-
Normal operations like creating users, projects, sites, etc. can be achieved.
TABCMD can be operated from any machine.
If you want to use TABCMD on the other machines we need to install TABCMD on those machines.
TABADMIN:-
TABADMIN can be operated from only the machine where we have installed the Tableau Server.
TABCMD:-
Step 1:- Connect to the machine where T.Server has installed. And copy the TABCMD Installation file from the
following location.
Step 2:- Click on the setup file in the welcome window click on Next.
Click on next,
Click on Install
Note:- To work with the TABCMD we have to open the command prompt in the administrator mode.
Step 2:- Login into the server and check whether users got added or not.
All the TABCMD commands are case sensitive and they have to be specified in the lowercase.
Step 1:- In the CSV File if we don’t specify that complete information then add an option of --no –complete.
TASK 6:- Publishing content into the Tableau Server using TABCMD.
Note:- If we create users tableau will create them on the server. Where as if you create site users tableau will
add them to the required site.
Options Values
1. --Site-name <Req.name>
2. --Storage-quota <Req.quota>
3. --User-quota <User count>
4. --Status <Active or suspend>
TABCMD listsites
Syntax:-
Delete operations:-
1) Delete group
2) Delete Project
3) Delete Site
TABADMIN:-
Note:- To use TABADMIN we have to open the command prompt in the Administrator mode.
TASK 1:- Starting, Stopping and restarting the server use TABADMIN.
Syntax:-
TABADMIN stop
TABADMIN start
TABADMIN restart
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TASK 2:- Configuring autostart behaving for T.Server.
Syntax:-
TABADMIN AUTOSTART ON It will automatically start the server, wherever the machine starts.
Note:- Tableau Server internally managed by multiple server components like. VIZQL Server, Application
Server, Data server, etc.
All these processes operate by generating the log files which will consume the memory.
To clean them we will use cleanup command.
CREATING BACKUP:-
T.Server Backup Contains complete repository information (postgre SQL data, user information,
configuration settings).
Taking backup is one of the maintenance activities in the T.Server which will improves the efficiency of
the server by releasing the space on the machine.
EXPORT SITE:-
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TASK 5:- Taking the backup of the site.
Note:-
In T.Server even the site can be backed up using export site command.
If you take the export of a site that export file contains user information, data, settings of a site.
Note:- Tableau will export the site in the ZIP format. ZIP Size(Approximate size in realtime would be
from 20 MB – 50 GB)
Note:- While exporting the site tableau will locks the site.
6.IMPORTING A SITE:-
The content of the one site can be imported from the other site using import site command.
Step 2:- Verify the mappings which got generated in the first step.
“c:\program data\tableau\T.Server\data\tabsvc\temp”
If you want to restore the T.Server to the previous state we can restore using the backup file.
Step 2:- After Restoring Start the T.Server using TABADMIN start
Step 1:- Using T.Server we can change the existing logo and name using customize option.
If the import or export got failed then the sites remains in locked state. It is the responsibility of the system or
site admin to release the site as unlock.
It will Zip the log files from the specified date 20-06-2015.