Configuring the remote SYMAPI server

Veritas Operations Manager supports the discovery of EMC Symmetrix arrays with a remote SYMAPI server mechanism. This discovery method does not require in-band array connectivity to the host from which the EMC Symmetrix array is discovered.

For Veritas Operations Manager to discover EMC Symmetrix arrays using a remote SYMAPI server, you need to configure the SYMAPI server. To configure the remote SYMAPI server in your environment, you need to perform two tasks:

To ensure that the remote SYMAPI server daemon is running on the server where the EMC Solutions Enabler is installed

  1. Log on with the administrative credentials to the host that you want to use as the remote SYMAPI server and which has in-band connectivity to the EMC Symmetrix array.
  2. Type the following command on the host:

    stordaemon list

    An example of the daemon list appears.

    Available Daemons   ('[*]': Currently Running):
    [*]  storapid        EMC Solutions Enabler Base Daemon
         storgnsd        EMC Solutions Enabler GNS Daemeon
         storrdfd        EMC Solutions Enabler RDF Daemon
         storevntd       EMC Solutions Enabler Event Daemon
    [*]  storwatchd      EMC Solutions Enabler Watchdog Daemon
         storsrmd        EMC Solutions Enabler SRM Daemon
         storstpd        EMC Solutions Enabler STP Daemon
         storsrvd        EMC Solutions Enabler SYMAPI Server Daemon
    [*]  storsrvdInst    >>> Running Instance of storsrvd <<<

    The name for the remote SYMAPI server daemon is storsrvd. If you see a [*] for storsrvd, that means the remote SYMAPI server daemon is already running on the host. If the daemon is running, proceed to the next procedure.

    To ensure that the EMC Solutions Enabler can communicate with the remote SYMAPI server

  3. Type the following commands to start the storsrvd daemon:

    stordaemon start storsrvd

       Waiting for daemon to start. This may take several seconds.

    stordaemon list

    An example of the daemon list appears.

    Available Daemons   ('[*]': Currently Running):
    [*]  storapid        EMC Solutions Enabler Base Daemon
         storgnsd        EMC Solutions Enabler GNS Daemeon
         storrdfd        EMC Solutions Enabler RDF Daemon
         storevntd       EMC Solutions Enabler Event Daemon
    [*]  storwatchd      EMC Solutions Enabler Watchdog Daemon
         storsrmd        EMC Solutions Enabler SRM Daemon
         storstpd        EMC Solutions Enabler STP Daemon
    [*]  storsrvd        EMC Solutions Enabler SYMAPI Server Daemon
  4. Perform steps 1 and 2 on each host in which you want to configure the remote SYMAPI server.

To ensure that the EMC Solutions Enabler can communicate with the remote SYMAPI server

  1. Install EMC Solutions Enabler on the Discovery Host.
  2. Change to the SYMAPI configuration directory. By default, the directory is:
    • Solaris - /var/symapi/config

    • Windows - %PROGRAMFILES%\EMC\SYMAPI\config

  3. Modify the file "netcnfg" in the SYMAPI configuration directory of the host where the EMC Solutions Enabler is installed. Append the entry for the configured SYMAPI server(s) to the end of the file. The following is an example of adding entries for two SYMAPI servers:

    #SYMAPI_SERVER - TCPIP node001 WWW.XXX.YYY.ZZZ 2707 -

    DC1_SERVER - TCPIP ctrlhost_1 10.200.15.155 2707 -

    DC2_SERVER - TCPIP ctrlhost_2 10.249.100.155 2707 -