Setting options for the server

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Review the server options file that is installed with the IBM Storage Protect server to verify that the correct values are set for your system.

Procedure

  1. Go to the server instance directory and open the dsmserv.opt file.
  2. Review the values in the following table and verify your server option settings, based on system size.
    Server option Value
    ACTIVELOGDIRECTORY Directory path that was specified during configuration
    ACTIVELOGSIZE 131072
    ARCHLOGCOMPRESS No
    ARCHLOGDIRECTORY Directory path that was specified during configuration
    COMMMETHOD TCPIP
    COMMTIMEOUT 3600
    DEVCONFIG devconf.dat
    EXPINTERVAL 0
    IDLETIMEOUT 60
    MAXSESSIONS 500
    NUMOPENVOLSALLOWED 20
    TCPADMINPORT 1500
    TCPPORT 1500
    VOLUMEHISTORY volhist.dat
    Update server option settings if necessary, to match the values in the table. To make updates, close the dsmserv.opt file and use the SETOPT command from the administrative command-line interface to set the options.
    For example, to update the IDLETIMEOUT option to 60, issue the following command: 
    setopt idletimeout 60
  3. To configure secure communications for the server, clients, and the Operations Center, verify the options in the following table.
    Server option All system sizes
    SSLDISABLELEGACYTLS YES
    SSLFIPSMODE NO
    SSLTCPPORT Specify the SSL port number. The server TCP/IP communication driver waits for requests on this port for SSL-enabled sessions from the client.
    SSLTCPADMINPORT Specify the port address on which the server waits for requests for SSL-enabled sessions from the command-line administrative client.
    TLS12 YES
    If any of the option values must be updated, edit the dsmserv.opt file by using the following guidelines:
    • Remove the asterisk at the beginning of a line to enable an option.
    • On each line, enter only one option and the specified value for the option.
    • If an option occurs in multiple entries in the file, the server uses the last entry.
    Save your changes and close the file. If you edit the dsmserv.opt file directly, you must restart the server for the changes to take effect.