HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Mainframe Agent Installation and Configuration Guide (TK981-96005, May 2014)

3 Setting up XP7 mainframe agent
This chapter explains how to set up the environment to acquire storage information using the XP7
mainframe agent.
Setting the TCP/IP port number
Before performing this procedure, you need to reserve a port number for communicating with Device
Manager or Replication Manager.
For a job that starts the XP7 mainframe agent, set the UNIX service's usage attributes (open a port
for receiving). For details, refer to the Communications Server: IP Configuration Reference.
Set the port number in the TCP/IP environment settings file (PROFILE.TCPIP profile, the definition
file related to server functions in the TCP/IP address space).
In the PORT definition of the PROFILE.TCPIP profile, specify the member name or identification
name of the XP7 mainframe agent start job. For details about the identification name, see
“Operands” on page 68.
For the port number to be used by the YKAGENTD job, you cannot specify a number that is already
being used by another job. Specify a port number that is not being used in the system.
Example of specifying the port number
The following specification sets the port number as 24042:
24042 TCP YKAGENTD ;YKAGENTD START NAME
CAUTION:
The XP7 mainframe agent requires 2 sockets of IBM Communications Server (OS standard equipment).
Make sure that the total number of sockets does not exceed the maximum number of sockets that IBM
Communications Server can provide, keeping in mind the number of sockets required for other services
that IBM Communications Server handles. For details about the maximum number of sockets that IBM
Communications Server can provide, see the Communications Server IP Configuration Guide .
Setting the security
This section describes how to set the security.
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