VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Getting Started
Starting the Storage Administrator Server
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Starting the Storage Administrator Server
To use the VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator, the
Storage Administrator server must be running on the HP-UX machine to
be administered. Only one instance of the Storage Administrator server
can be running at a time.
The Storage Administrator server can be run either in normal mode or in
auto-start mode. In normal mode, once started, the Storage
Administrator server must run continuously and must not be stopped.
In auto-start mode, the Storage Administrator server starts whenever a
VMSA client tries to connect to the server, if the server is not already
running. If no VMSA clients are connected for a certain amount of time
(15 minutes, by default), the server automatically terminates and
restarts at the next client connection.
To run the Storage Administrator server in normal mode, follow the
steps below in “Starting the Storage Administrator Server Manually in
Normal Mode”. To run the Storage Administrator in auto-start mode,
follow the steps in “Starting the Storage Administrator Server in
Auto-Start Mode”.
NOTE The Storage Administrator server starts up automatically at system
startup. You only need to start it manually as described below if you
want to start it without rebooting the system.
Starting the Storage Administrator Server Manually
in Normal Mode
Start the VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator server
manually as follows:
Step 1. Log in as root.
Step 2. Go to the directory where the Storage Administrator is installed:
cd /opt/HPvmsa/bin
Step 3. Start the server: