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Use of qualified and unqualified names

You can refer to the -help option on any command for the exact options and object specifications required for that command. However, here are several rules for object specification that are true across commands and can be helpful to know.

• <qualified-name> ::= <server> | <cluster> | <grp> | <type> | <sys> | <res>

  If the name is not fully qualified, the first object that matches the name is used.

• Limit the use of qualified names (such as server:cluster:group) to those command elements that require only one object. These elements include options such as -value and -state.
• For the -list and -display options, specify unqualified names only.
• For the -display option, you can specify a list of unqualified names. If specified, objects that have any one of the names are displayed. If you do not specify any names, all objects are displayed (subject to limits imposed by other options).