Symantec 5 manual To configure VCS clusters in secure mode optional, you need

Installing and configuring VCS 53

Getting your VCS installation and configuration information ready

■To configure VCS clusters in secure mode (optional), you need:

For automatic mode (default)	■ The name of the Root Broker system
	Example: east
	See “About Symantec Product Authentication Service
	(AT)” on page 19.
	■ Access to the Root Broker system without use of a
	password.
For semiautomatic mode	The path for the encrypted files that you get from the
using encrypted files	Root Broker administrator.
	See “Creating encrypted files for the security
	infrastructure” on page 35.
For semiautomatic mode	■ The fully-qualified hostname (FQDN) of the Root
without using encrypted files	Broker . (e.g. east.symantecexample.com)
	The given example puts a system in the (DNS)
	domain symantecexample.com with the unqualified
	hostname east, which is designated as the Root
	Broker.

■The root broker’s security domain (e.g. root@east.symantecexample.com)

■The root broker’s port (e.g. 2821)

■The path to the local root hash (e.g.

/var/tmp/privatedir/root_hash)

■The authentication broker’s principal name on each cluster node (e.g. galaxy.symantecexample.com and nebula.symantecexample.com)

■To add VCS users, which is not required if you configure your cluster in secure mode, you need:

User names	VCS usernames are restricted to 1024 characters.
	Example: smith
User passwords	VCS passwords are restricted to 255 characters.
	Enter the password at the prompt.
To decide user privileges	Users have three levels of privileges: A=Administrator,
	O=Operator, or G=Guest.
	Example: A

■To configure SMTP email notification (optional), you need: