Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

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Conﬁguring HP DCE Cells

Conﬁguring Cells with DCM

Overview of DCM Functionality

DCM enables you to perform the following cell conﬁguration tasks:

• In a conﬁgured and running cell, if the primary DCE services (Initial

CDS and Master Security) are running on HP systems (as opposed to

other vendors' systems), you can conﬁgure additional HP DCE 1.5,

1.7, or 1.8 clients into the cell from any HP DCE 1.8 cell member

system.

• Create a cell of one or more systems. DCM provides a "template"

mode that simpliﬁes cell creation.

• User authentication of cell conﬁguration operations.

• Add and remove client systems (systems running DCE client software

only) to an existing cell from any system in the cell.

• Add replicated security servers to an existing cell.

• Add additional CDS servers to an existing cell. You can add new

systems to the cell as CDS servers, or reconﬁgure existing cell

members as CDS servers.

• Add or modify local or global DTS servers or DTS clients in the cell

and modify ntp, spectracom,ornull DTS time providers in the cell.

• Add or remove GDA servers on existing cell nodes.

• Stop all DCE daemons on all cell members or selected cell members.

• Restart all DCE daemons on all cell members or selected cell

members.

• Destroy (unconﬁgure) an existing cell.

At the heart of DCM is an

object list

screen that displays a list of all

cell members and their attributes. The attributes include a cell member's

name, and the DCE services (if any) conﬁgured on the member. You

perform tasks on selected cell members by selecting (highlighting) the

desired members in the list and then selecting the appropriate actions

from an Actions menu.

By using the List menu, you can switch to a template mode that allows