Some options and dialogs in Visual DBA result in the launch of an operating system level command (such as createdb or destroydb) on the server. These "remote commands" are performed by the Remote Command Server (RMCMD) process on behalf of Visual DBA.

The Remote Command Server (RMCMD) allows remote execution of operating system commands. It must be started in installations where a DBMS server is running for certain DBA tasks to be accessible remotely with Visual DBA. The Remote Command Server is started on the server side, not on the Visual DBA client.

DBA tasks are primarily those that do not have an equivalent through an SQL statement, for example, creating or dropping a database, displaying selected portions of the journal for a database, or starting a replication server remotely. By default, only the installation owner is authorized to perform such tasks remotely through Visual DBA.

The rmcmd process is started and stopped with Ingres, according to the settings for the Remote Command component in CBF or Configuration Manager.