System Administration Commands                        mmsinit(1M)



NAME
     mmsinit - initialize MS services

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/mmsinit -t server [-o optionname=value [-o optionname2=value]...]
          [-P passwordfile]


DESCRIPTION
     The mmsinit command initializes the Media Management  System
     (MS)  environment  and  enables MS services. An MS server
     runs the Media Management (M) daemon, which controls access
     to  MS-managed  storage  resources, and hosts the MS data-
     base. Run this command once to start MS 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 MS services will run.


     To run mmsinit, you must become  superuser,  or  assume  the
     Primary Administrator role.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -o optionname=value...

         Specify one or more of the  options  and  values  listed
         below.

         log-level=emergencyalertcriticalerrorwarning
         noticeinformationdebug

             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  disabled  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.






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         attended=yesno

             Specify whether MS 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 M
             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 archiv-
             ing volume  to  become  available.  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 MS  administrative  pass-
         word.  If this option is not specified, the user will be
         prompted for the password. A password  must  contain  at
         least eight characters.


EXIT STATUS
     0

         Successful completion.


     !=0

         An error occurred.






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ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWmmsu                    
    
     Interface Stability          Volatile                    
    


SEE ALSO
     mmsadm(1M),         mmsclient(1M),          mmsexplorer(1M),
     mmsclientscript(4), attributes(5)


     IE 1244, IE Storage Systems  Standards,  a  set  of  MS
     standards

NOTES
     When MS 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  pro-
     cedure for performing these modifications at the OpenSolaris
     web site for MS:

       http:/opensolaris.org/os/project/mms/




     The preceding URL is valid as of the date of publication  of
     this man page.


















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