mmsinit(1M) System Administration Commands mmsinit(1M)NAMEmmsinit - initialize MMS services
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/mmsinit -t server [-o optionname=value [-o optionname2=value]...]
[-P passwordfile]
DESCRIPTION
The mmsinit command initializes the Media Management System (MMS) envi‐
ronment and enables MMS services. An MMS server runs the Media Manage‐
ment (MM) daemon, which controls access to MMS-managed storage
resources, and hosts the MMS database. Run this command once to start
MMS services with the specified attributes. To change the attributes
after this command has been invoked, use the mmsadm(1M) command.
The mmsinit command requires the -t server argument, to specify the
server on which MMS services will run.
To run mmsinit, you must become superuser, or assume the Primary Admin‐
istrator role.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-o optionname=value...
Specify one or more of the options and values listed below.
log-level=emergency|alert|critical|error|warning|
notice|information|debug
Sets the severity level of messages to be included in the log
file. Default level is error, logging all error messages.
num-restarts=num
Specifies the number of attempts to start a failed daemon
before the drive or library associated with the daemon is dis‐
abled and requires the mmsadm online command to be run after
the problem with the system or device is resolved. Use a value
of -1 for unlimited restart attempts. The default value is 3.
attended=yes|no
Specify whether MMS makes operator requests when an operation
cannot be automatically satisfied. An example of such a case
would be if a mount request was made for a tape volume that had
been physically removed from a library. The default action,
yes, indicates that an operator is available to respond.
num-sockets=num
Specifies the number of open file descriptors the MM daemon can
have at one time. On a resource-constrained system, set this
value to a number between 30 and 65536. It is not recommended
to set the value to less than 256. The default value is -1,
which sets number of file descriptors to the maximum supported.
disk-timeout=seconds
Specifies the time a disk archiving drive manager waits for the
file system containing a disk archiving volume to become avail‐
able. It is strongly recommended to set the time to a minimum
of 120 seconds (two minutes). Use a value of 0 to specify no
expiration time.
-P passwordfile
Path to a file containing the MMS administrative password. If this
option is not specified, the user will be prompted for the pass‐
word. A password must contain at least eight characters.
EXIT STATUS
0
Successful completion.
!=0
An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/storage/mms │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmmsadm(1M), mmsclient(1M), mmsexplorer(1M), mmsclient_script(4),
attributes(5)
IEEE 1244, IEEE Storage Systems Standards, a set of MMS standards
NOTES
When MMS is added to the Automated Cartridge System Library Software
(ACSLS) environment, the ACSLS configuration must be modified to allow
them to work together. See the procedure for performing these modifica‐
tions at the OpenSolaris web site for MMS:
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/mms/
The preceding URL is valid as of the date of publication of this man
page.
SunOS 5.11 2 Feb 2009 mmsinit(1M)
