Gaining Access to a Server

When an administrator on a remote NetBackup Administration Console makes a request to a NetBackup server, and enhanced authentication is enabled between the two systems, the user_name, host_name, domain_group_name, and local flag are passed from the requesting NetBackup Administration Console to the NetBackup master server accepting the request.

After passing authentication, the accepting NetBackup master server checks for the existence of the authorize.txt file and for an entry in the file that matches the information passed by requester.

If a match exists, the request is authorized (allowed). If the request is not authorized, the request can proceed only if the NetBackup Administration Console making the request contains:

• On UNIX servers:
  SERVER = server_name entry in the bp.conf file of the accepting server. This is the host where the console runs.
• On Windows servers:
  The server must be among those listed under Additional Servers on the Servers properties page.

(See the NetBackup System Administrator's Guide, Volume I.) See Servers Properties.

If the server name is not in the server list, the request fails, indicating a request from invalid server. You also need an entry in the vm.conf file in order to use Media Manager applications (see the Media Manager System Administrator's Guide).