You can use the “-a” flag with the rcm command to analyze your environment. To analyze the RCM environment, enter rcm -a at the command line.
This is example output from the rcm -a command.
Writing to the system log file: 'rcm.log'. Reading the configuration file: 'rcm.cfg'. Using the 'us_english' language. Using the 'iso_1' character set. OpenSwitch server name: 'ws_os'. OpenSwitch coordination module username: 'os_coord'. Active ASE server name: 'BookServer'. Active ASE username: 'sa'. Standby ASE server name: 'StandbyBook'. Standby ASE username: 'stndby_sa'. OpenSwitch application pool name: 'Application'. RCM is configured to wait 300 seconds before initiating the failover process. RCM is configured to monitor the Replication Server failover for 120 seconds. The RCM timer interval is configured to be 5 seconds. The RCM will not disconnect users from the standby ASE on a failover. The RCM will switch users to the standby ASE after a failover. The RCM will issue the host ping command before attempting to connect to a server. Ping Host Command: 'ping'. Replication Server failover mode: 'SWITCH'. Replication Server host name: 'StndbySun8'. Replication Server name: 'ws_rs'. Replication Server username: 'sa'. Logical connection list: LDS.LDB Active Database list: pubs3 Standby Database list: pubs3 Required database list: pubs3 Attempting to initialize the coordination module's connectivity. The coordination module's connectivity initialized successfully. Attempting to create the coordination module. The coordination module was created successfully. Attempting to connect to the OpenSwitch 'ws_os', username 'os_coord'. Connected to the OpenSwitch 'ws_os', username: 'os_coord'. Attempting to connect to the ASE Server 'BookServer', username 'sa'. Successfully connected to the ASE server 'BookServer'. Logged into the database 'pubs3'. Attempting to connect to the ASE Server 'StandbyBook', username 'stndby_sa'. Successfully connected to the ASE server 'StandbyBook'. Logged into the database 'pubs3'. A standby OpenSwitch was not defined. Attempting to initialize connectivity for the Replication Server. The connectivity to the Replication Server was initialized successfully. Attempting to connect to the Replication Server 'ws_rs', username 'sa'. Connected to the Replication Server 'ws_rs'. Attempting to retrieve the status of the logical connections. Logical connection 'LDS.LDB'. Active connection 'BookServer.pubs3', State: 'Suspended/'. Standby connection 'StandbyBook.pubs3', State: 'Active/'. Current operation: 'None', Step: 'None'.
See “Starting an RCM at the command line” for details about the -a flag.