Specifying a URL for an LDAP server

To ensure that the IBM Storage Protect server can communicate with a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, you must update the IBM Storage Protect server options file to specify a URL for the LDAP server.

Before you begin

Obtain an existing URL for the LDAP server from the LDAP server administrator.

Procedure

  1. In the server instance directory, open the dsmserv.opt file.
  2. Specify the LDAPURL server option by following the instructions in LDAPURL.
    The updated option is similar to the following example:
    ldapurl ldap://server1.storage.us.example.com
    The default port is 389. If you want to use a different port number, specify it as part of the LDAPURL option. For example, if you specified the URL as shown in the previous example, you can update it to specify a port of 222:
    ldapurl ldap://server1.storage.us.example.com:222
    To use an LDAPS server, specify ldaps:// as part of the LDAPURL option. For example, if you specified the URL as shown in the previous example, you can update it to use an LDAPS URL on port 636:
    ldapurl ldaps://server1.storage.us.example.com:636
    Restriction: When you specify multiple LDAPURL server option values, they must all be LDAPS or must all be LDAP addresses.
  3. Restart the IBM Storage Protect server.