This command connects to a managing server running on a local host, and outputs either a software inventory dictionary or information on deleted software management tables to a CSV-formatted file. The CSV-formatted file that is output by the dcmdice command can be edited using spreadsheet software and can be imported into a software inventory dictionary by using the dcmdici command.

For each software title, the following types of information are output to the CSV-formatted file:

Management flag, software name, software version, company name, language, path name, file name, file version, file size, update date/time, search date/time, explanation, the number of licenses owned, the number of license warnings issued, and update date/time (UTC)^#.

#: The update date/time (UTC) is converted to the local time of the managing server on which the command was executed before it is output.

dcmdice.exe /of output filename [/ol maximum lines][/mf management flag]
            [/LC {ON|OFF}]

• /of
  Specify the file to which software inventory dictionary information is to be output, as a full path. Extensions other than csv can also be specified.
  
• /ol
  Specify the maximum number of lines to be output to a file. You can specify a value from 100 to 65,535. If the output is more than the specified line count, another file is created. If multiple files are created, they are assigned numbered file names. For example, if the result output file is originally specified as dictionary.csv, file names dictionary2.csv, dictionary3.csv, etc. are assigned. The default is not file splitting, and information is output to a single file.
  
• /mf
  To output only a specific type of software to a CSV-formatted file, specify the management flag associated with the type of software. Specify one of the following management flags. A space is not required between /mf and the management flag.
  
  • I
    New software
    
  • E
    Managed software
    
  • U
    Unmanaged software
    
  • H
    Held software
    
  • D
    Software that has been deleted from the software inventory dictionary and registered in the deleted software management table.
    
  The default is to output all software titles that are found in the software inventory dictionary; information about software that is registered in the deleted software management table is not output.
  
• /LC
  Specify ON or OFF to indicate whether the command's processing is to continue after logging off from Windows when Task Scheduler or JP1/AJS is used to execute commands in the background.
  
  • ON
    Continues command processing even after logging off from Windows.
    
  • OFF
    Forcibly terminates command processing once Windows is logged off.
    
  This argument is effective when the command is executed from a service under any of the following OSs:
  
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003 (excluding Windows Server 2003 (IPF))
  Do not specify /LC ON when you execute the command from the command prompt, because in this case the command is executed as a foreground program.
  You can use a registry setting to specify whether command processing is to continue after Windows is logged off. For details about the registry setting, see 4.6 Registry settings (JP1/Software Distribution Manager) in the manualSetup Guide.
  Note that operation may differ depending on the combination of the /LC specification and the registry setting. For details, see 4.28 Command operation at logoff that depends on a registry setting and logoff option.
  

The following explains the return codes that the dcmdice command may return:

Code	Meaning	Action
0	The file output was successful.	None.
2	An invalid value is specified in a command argument.	Check the values of command arguments.
3	An error occurred when the command attempted to connect or access the managing server.	Check the version of the managing server.
4	The output file cannot be opened.	Check the output file specification.
12	Other errors occurred.	Check the event log. Following are possible causes for the error: System error; processing was denied; there is no data in the software inventory dictionary or in the deleted software management table

If JP1/Base is linked to manage JP1/Software Distribution users, see 1.3.3 Setting for executing commands.

• Specify the following to output software inventory dictionary information to the file C:\temp\dice.csv so that any information exceeding 10,000 lines is output to another file (C:\temp\dice2.csv):
  

  dcmdice.exe /of C:\temp\dice.csv /ol 10000

• Specify the following to exclusively output information about the deleted software management table to the file C:\temp\dice.csv:
  

  dcmdice.exe /of C:\temp\dice.csv /mfD