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Installing and configuring the storage agent (AIX)

The storage agent must be installed on a client system that has connections to storage resources on the SAN. Before beginning this procedure: Verify that your system meets the hardware and software requirements. Be sure that you have the information recorded in the configuration-information work sheets. Close all existing Tivoli® Storage Manager products prior to installing the storage agent. Installation will stop if an active Tivoli Storage Manager process is detected. If this occurs, close all active Tivoli Storage Manager products and retry installing the storage agent. The storage agent honors the Tivoli Storage Manager server environment variables DSMSERV_CONFIG. The instructions in this section are shown using the Software Management and Installation Tool (SMIT). You can also use the Install and Update Software Manager (installm). To reduce workload and processing time and to optimize LAN-free performance, do not install the storage agent and the Tivoli Storag

Create/rebuild a new .Xauthority file

This document describes the procedure for rebuilding a /$HOME/.Xauthority file. The information in this document applies to AIX 5.1 and higher. If you get an MIT magic cookie error when trying to gain remote access the CDE or Xdm, you may be able to solve the problem by rebuilding the .Xauthority file in the home directory of the user trying to log in. Follow these steps to create a /$HOME/.Xauthority file. Log in as user and confirm that you are in the user's home directory. Rename the existing .Xauthority file by running the following command mv .Xauthority old.Xauthority Generate a new .Xauthority file by running the following command: xauth generate :0 . trusted At the command line, create a new magic-cookie key by entering the following: randomkey=`/usr/bin/ksh -c 'echo $(( $RANDOM * $RANDOM * 2 ))'` Add a new entry for another server by running the following command: xauth add ${HOST}:0 . $randomkey To view a listing of the .Xauthority