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Enabling ISP to work with SAL

Use this procedure to enable ISP to work with SAL.

 To enable ISP to receive information from SAL

1. To allow ISP to contact SAL, add the following line to the /etc/default/vxassist file:

   salcontact=yes

   If this attribute is set to no or is not present, ISP cannot contact SAL.

2. Define the SAL Primary Host and SAL Primary Port by adding sal_primary and sal_primary_port definitions to the /etc/default/vxassist_sal_info file, as shown in the following sample entries:

   sal_primary=private.cosmos.com

   sal_primary_port=2802

   This example enables ISP to communicate with the SAL primary private.cosmos.com on port number 2802.

   If this information is not specified, the host running ISP is assumed to be the SAL primary, and the default port to be 2802.

3. To establish a communication channel successfully, ISP must authenticate itself with SAL using a user name and password. The user name is that of the account under which the VEA service is running, usually root. Use the vxsalcmd command to add this user account with SAL administrator privileges, and set an appropriate password for it. To allow ISP to have transparent access to SAL, also use the vxsalcmd command to store the password on the local machine in encrypted form.

   See Configuring root as a SAL user.

   See the "Command and Configuration File Reference" appendix in the SANPoint Control Administrator's Guide.

   The vxsalcmd command is provided by SAL to manage SAL user accounts. It is not a Veritas Volume Manager command.

4. Edit the etc/default/vxassist file, and add an entry to define the user name that ISP uses for authentication.

   In the following example, the root account is used:

   sal_username=root