Commands that require the root access for agentless discovery of UNIX hosts
Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager requires a user account to perform agentless discovery of a remote UNIX host. The minimum requirement is a non-root user account. However, there are a few cases where Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager requires a root user account.
Table: Commands that require root access for agentless discovery identifies the commands that require root access.
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Table: Commands that require root access for agentless discovery
| Resource | Operating system | Command | Purpose | Requirement¹ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware BIOS UUID | Linux (VMWare Guest OS) | /usr/sbin/dmidecode | Provides the VMware BIOS UUID for the virtual machine. | Mandatory (for VMware guests only) |
| Disks | HP-UX | /usr/sbin/diskinfo | Provides the device handles for disks. | Mandatory |
| EMC PowerPath | AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris | AIX: /usr/sbin/powermt check_registration | Provides the license-related information. | Mandatory |
| HP-UX: /sbin/powermt check_registration | ||||
| Linux: /sbin/powermt check_registration | ||||
| Solaris: /etc/powermt check_registration | ||||
| EMC PowerPath | AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris | Linux: /usr/sbin/powermt display dev=all | Provides the paths and their status details. | Mandatory |
| HP-UX: /sbin/powermt display dev=all | ||||
| Linux: /sbin/powermt display dev=all | ||||
| Linux: /etc/powermt display dev=all | ||||
| HBAs or target ports | Solaris | fcinfo | Provides the Fibre Channel-related details regarding HBA, HBA port WWNs, etc. | Optional |
| HBAs or target ports | HP-UX | /opt/fcms/bin/ fcmsutil | Provides the Fibre Channel-related details regarding HBA, HBA port WWNs, etc. | Mandatory |
| Linux LVM | Linux | vgdisplay -v --units b | Provides the volume-related details for all volumes. | Mandatory |
| Linux LVM | Linux | lvdisplay -m --units b | Provides the volume-related details for all volumes. | Mandatory |
| Linux DM Multipath | Linux | /sbin/multipath | Provides the paths and their status details. | Mandatory (for Linux hosts having DM multipath configuration) |
¹ Mandatory indicates that the specified part of feature discovery fails if you do not provide root access for the command. Optional indicates that most of the feature discovery works even if you do not provide root access for the command. The mandatory commands for a given OS platform need not be enabled in the privilege control software if the host does not have the utilities installed on it
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