ERMM Command Line

Remote monitoring management is run using the command line interface. The default ESET Endpoint Antivirus installation contains the file ermm.exe located in the Endpoint application within the directory c:\Program Files\ESET\ESET Security.

Run the Command Prompt (cmd.exe) as an Administrator and navigate to the mentioned path (to open Command Prompt, press Windows button + R on your keyboard, type cmd into the Run window and press Enter).

The command syntax is: ermm context command [options]

The log parameters are case sensitive.

ermm

ermm.exe uses three basic contexts: Get, Start and Set. In the table below you can find examples of commands syntax. Click the link in the Command column to see the further options, parameters, and usage examples. After successful execution of command, the output part (result) will be displayed. To see an input part, add parameter --debug at the of the command.

Context	Command	Description
get		Get information about products
	application-info	Get information about product
	license-info	Get information about license
	protection-status	Get protection status
	logs	Get logs
	scan-info	Get information about running scan
	configuration	Get product configuration
	update-status	Get information about update
	activation-status	Get information about last activation
start		Start task
	scan	Start on demand scan
	activation	Start activation of product
	deactivation	Start deactivation of product
	update	Start update of product
set		Set options for product
	configuration	Set configuration to product

In the output result of every command, the first information displayed is result ID. To understand better the result information, check the table of IDs below.

Error ID	Error	Description
0	Success
1	Command node not present	"Command" node not present in input json
2	Command not supported	Specific command is not supported
3	General error executing the command	Error during execution of command
4	Task already running	Requested task is already running and has not been started
5	Invalid parameter for command	Bad user input
6	Command not executed because it's disabled	RMM is not enabled in advanced settings or started as an administrator

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