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14 Storage Management Services Administration Guide
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
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August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
represents an instance of a predefined group class in the eDirectory schema.
Any number of such groups can exist in eDirectory. The SMDR can become
a member of one or more groups by registering its object's (SMS RPC object)
context.
When SMDR requires name resolution, it searches all members of the SMDR
Group at SMDR Group Context. The SMDR Group Context and SMDR
Group are specified in the SMDR.CFG file.
Name Resolution Using SAP: SMDR can also be configured to use Service
Advertising Protocol (SAP) for locating other SMDRs in an IPX environment.
Each SMDR advertises the server name where it is loaded using service type
0x23F. But in an IP environment, NDS and Service Location Protocol (SLP)
replaces SAP.
Name Resolution Using SLP: SMDR can also be configured to use Service
Location Protocol (SLP) for locating other SMDRs. This enables SMDRs to
locate other SMDRs running on servers that belong to different trees. Every
SLP enabled SMDR will register itself in the smdr.novell domain when
loaded. The SLP enabled SMDRs will query this domain for locating
registered SMDRs.
SLP, SAP, and NDS discovery mechanisms are enabled by default.
Using the SMDR Configuration File
The SMDR.CFG file is a text file located in the SYS:\ETC\SMS\ directory on
your server.
You can modify the configuration file from the command prompt by entering:
LOAD SMDR NEW
The SMDR Configuration screen is displayed where you can make the
required modifications.
SMDR Configuration Problem
If you try to load SBCON when you have not set the SMDR on a server with
the corresponding eDirectory objects and configuration, SBCON will
autoload the SMDR and prompt you for configuration information. (This
screen is hidden by the SBCON screen). To rectify this problem, press
Alt+Esc to allow the SMDR to complete its setup before loading SBCON.