Configure HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode


Note NOTE:
With HPOM for UNIX 7.24 or 8.12 and higher, HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode is not necessary.

Older versions of HPOM for UNIX impose restrictions on server-based flexible management. The restrictions are fixed with the patches HPOM for UNIX 7.24 (PHSS_32403) and HPOM for UNIX 8.12 (PHSS_32820). If you want to use server-based flexible management with older HPOM for UNIX management servers, you must turn on HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode.

Older versions of HPOM for UNIX cannot handle user names with a length of more than 20 characters, so forwarded messages and operations that contain longer user names will be discarded by the HPOM for UNIX management server. HPOM for Windows user names are built from the domain name and user name, and so they can easily exceed this limit.

Older versions of HPOM for UNIX are not aware of user rights on the HPOM for Windows management server, so they do not allow an HPOM for Windows administrator to force a disown operation on a message that another user owns.

If you configure HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode, the HPOM for Windows user names are reduced to the first 20 characters. For disown operations, the user name of the owning user is always sent with the operation, even if the operation is performed by an HPOM for Windows administrator.

HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode causes limitations for the handling of messages on multiple HPOM for Windows management servers. For example, if a user owns a message on one HPOM for Windows management server, the management server reduces the user name to 20 characters when it forwards the own operation to a second HPOM for Windows management server. When the same user tries to change the message state on the second HPOM for Windows management server, an error occurs. The error states that the user is not the owner of this message, because the second HPOM for Windows management server cannot map the shortened name to the full user name.

To configure UNIX compatibility mode

  1. In the console tree, right-click Operations Manager, and then click ConfigurearrowServer.... The Server Configuration dialog appears.

  2. Click Namespaces, and then click Server-based Flexible Management.

  3. Select the Expert mode check box. The full list of values appears.

  4. Set the value of HPOM for UNIX compatibility mode to true.

  5. Click Apply.