Using acssel with a different socket name

If the vm.conf file does not contain an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry, acssel listens on socket name 13740 by default.

You can change this default by using one of the following methods:

Modify the vm.conf configuration file.
See To change the default by modifying the vm.conf configuration file.
Add environment variables. This method assumes that one ACS robot is configured and that the SSI default socket name has not been changed. (The vm.conf ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry can change the default).
See To change the default by adding environment variables.
acssel also has a command line option to specify the socket name. However, because acsssi needs to know the event logger socket name, setting an environment variable is preferred.

To change the default by modifying the vm.conf configuration file

Edit the vm.conf file and add an ACS_SEL_SOCKET entry. The following is an example:
ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799
Stop the acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes by invoking the following script. (This script stops all NetBackup processes.)
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.kill_all
Restart the NetBackup daemons and processes by invoking the following script:
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.start_all

To change the default by adding environment variables

Stop the acsd, acsssi, and acssel processes by invoking the following script. (This script stops all NetBackup processes.)
/usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/bp.kill_all
Set the wanted socket name in an environment variable and export it. The following is an example:
```
ACS_SEL_SOCKET = 13799
export ACS_SEL_SOCKET
```
Start the event logger in the background.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acssel &
Set the ACS library software host name for acsssi in an environment variable.
```
CSI_HOSTNAME = einstein
export CSI_HOSTNAME
```
Start acsssi as follows:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acsssi 13741 &
Optionally, start acstest by using the robtest utility or by using the following command:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/acstest -r einstein -s 13741
If you request SCSI unloads, you also must specify drive paths on the acstest command line.
The robtest utility specifies drive paths automatically if ACS drives have been configured.
Start ltid as follows, which starts acsd. You can use the -v option for verbose message output.
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid
During initialization, acsd obtains the SSI Event Logger socket name from vm.conf and sets ACS_SEL_SOCKET in the environment before it starts acssel. If acsssi is started manually, it has to use (listen on) the same SSI socket that acsd uses to send data.

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