VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Host and Cluster Tasks
Connecting to a Host
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Connecting to a Host
This procedure establishes a connection to a host machine from the
current Storage Administrator session. A Storage Administrator client
session can provide simultaneous access to multiple host machines.
To connect to a host
Step 1. Choose File > Connect (menu) or Host Connect (Command Launcher).
Step 2. Complete the Connect to Host dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
click OK. The new host appears in the object tree in the main window.
Server Host: Type the name of the machine to be administered. Both
the Volume Manager and the Storage Administrator
server must be running on this machine.
User Name: Type your login name. Only users with appropriate
privileges can run the Storage Administrator on the
specified machine.
Password: Type your password for the machine to be administered.
Options To use the specified user and password as default settings
for any future host connections from this Storage
Administrator client session, select Default User.
Notes:
• This task requires a host machine name, user name, and password.
• Both the Volume Manager and the Volume Manager Storage
Administrator server must be running on the machine to be
administered.
• Only users with appropriate privileges can run the Volume Manager
Storage Administrator.
• Entries for the user name and password must exist in the password
file or corresponding NIS (Network Information Name Service) table
on the machine to be administered.
• The user name (or the user’s group ID) must be included in the
vrtsadm group entry in the group file or NIS group table on the
machine to be administered.