VCS environment variables

VCS environment variables lists VCS environment variables.

See Defining VCS environment variables

VCS environment variables

Environment Variable

Definition and Default Value

perl5lib 

Root directory for Perl executables. (applicable only for Windows) 

Default: Install Drive:\Program Files\VERITAS\cluster server\lib\perl5. 

vcs_conf 

Root directory for VCS configuration files. 

Default: /etc/VRTSvcs 

Note   If this variable is added or modified you must reboot the system to apply the changes.

vcs_domain 

The Security domain to which the VCS users belong.  

Symantec Product Authentication Service uses this environment variable to authenticate VCS users on a remote host.  

Default: Fully qualified host name of the remote host as defined in the VCS_HOST environment variable or in the .vcshost file. 

vcs_domaintype 

The type of Security domain such as unixpwd, nt, nis, nisplus, ldap, or vx. 

Symantec Product Authentication Service uses this environment variable to authenticate VCS users on a remote host. 

Default: unixpwd 

vcs_diag 

Directory where VCS dumps HAD cores. 

vcs_enable_ldf 

Designates whether or not log data files (LDFs) are generated. If set to 1, LDFs are generated. If set to 0, they are not. 

vcs_home 

Root directory for VCS executables. 

Default: /opt/VRTSvcs 

 

vcs_host 

VCS node on which ha commands will be run. 

vcs_gab_port 

GAB port to which VCS connects. 

Default:

vcs_gab_timeout 

Timeout in milliseconds for HAD to send heartbeats to GAB.  

Default: 15000 

Note   If the specified timeout is exceeded, GAB kills HAD, and all active service groups on system are disabled.

vcs_had_restart_timeout 

Set this variable to designate the amount of time the hashadow process waits (sleep time) before restarting HAD. 

Default:

vcs_log 

Root directory for log files and temporary files. 

Default: /var/VRTSvcs 

 

Note   If this variable is added or modified you must reboot the system to apply the changes.

vcs_service 

Name of configured VCS service. 

Default: vcs 

Note   The specified service should be configured before starting the VCS engine (HAD). If a service is not specified, the VCS engine starts with port 14141.

vcs_temp_dir 

Directory in which temporary information required by, or generated by, hacf is stored. 

Default: /var/VRTSvcs 

This directory is created in /tmp under the following conditions: 

  • The variable is not set.
  • The variable is set but the directory to which it is set does not exist.
  • The utility hacf cannot find the default location.