Whenyou use add,modify, or delete a DMS clientfrom the DMUMain Menu,
theclient’s entry in thedmsdb file is added,modified, ordeleted, respectively.
12.2 Adding a DMS Client
The information you need to add a DMS client is shown in the Client Setup
Worksheetin Appendix B. Fill out a worksheet for each client you want to
add before you use the dmu utility to add clients to a DMS environment.
Beforeyou can add a client, you already musthave followed the procedures in
Chapter 11 to install software in at least one DMS environment. Optionally,
youmay want tocustomize the .proto.. files asdescribed in Section11.4.1.
TheDMS client must be connectedto a local area network (LAN) and must be
registered with the DMS server through one of the network naming services
(see Section 10.8) or must have an entry in the server’s /etc/hosts file.
When you add a client to a DMS environment, the root directory from the
server’s DMS environment gets copied to the client area.
Follow these steps to add a client to a DMS environment:
1. Log in to the DMS server as root or use the su command to gain
superuser privileges.
2. Enter /usr/sbin/dmu to start the dmu utility. Yousee the DMU Main
Menu:
*** DMU Main Menu ***
a) ADD a client
c) CONFIGURE software environments
d) DELETE software environments
i) INSTALL software environments
l) LIST registered clients
m) MODIFY a client
r) REMOVE a client
s) SHOW software environments
x) EXIT
Enter your choice:
3. Enter ato select ADD a client. You see a prompt similar to the
following:
You have chosen to add a client for dataless service.
The following conditions must be met to add a client:
1. You must know the client processor’s hostname.
2. The client’s hostname must be in your system’s host
database(s).
12–2 Managing DMS Clients and Environments