HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Recover User's Guide (T5437-96008, November 2009)

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1. Log on to the ESX server through the console, using root credentials.

2. Use a text editor to open the SSH system configuration file /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

3. Change the line “PermitRootLogin no” to “PermitRootLogin yes”.

4. Save the configuration file.

5. From the command line, enter the following line to restart the SSH service.

service sshd restart

Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure can use non-root accounts to set up

and configure protection jobs. Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure uses

the sudo (super user do) program provided in ESX to set up a non-root account that can

be used to setup and configure Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure jobs.

Note:

VirtualCenter is required when configuring protections using non-root

credentials. If VirtualCenter is not being used, then you must enter the root

account credentials of the source and target ESX servers.

Before sudo can be used, it needs to be configured on any ESX server that is using a

non-root account. Each host should have a non-privileged account configured. It does

not have to be the same account.

To add a new user, perform the following steps on each host to be used as source or

target.

1. Log in as root, or login with a non-root account and use the sudo command to

transition to the root.

2. Execute adduser <username> to create a user.

3. Set a password for the newly created user: passwd <username>

Configure sudo access for the newly-created user.

1. Execute visudo. This should bring up the sudo configuration file (/etc/sudoers).

Note that you should not edit that file directly.

2. Add the following line to the sudo configuration file:

username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

3. Save the file and exit (:w!).

Verify that the sudo account has been configured correctly.

1. Log out and re-login as a sudo account.

2. Execute the following command to make sure you can access VMWare datastores

on /vmfs/volumes/.../.... If the command succeeds (prints the contents of the root