Registering the Velocity Storage Server is the last step in configuration process for the Velocity Storage Server. After you have registered the Velocity Storage Server, you can view it in the Velocity Console.
Before you register the Velocity Storage Server, ensure the following:
You have performed all of the other configuration steps for the Velocity Storage Server.
If you installed the Velocity on-premises management server, ensure that you have performed all of the other configuration steps for the Velocity management server.
You have reviewed the Velocity Console requirements.
You can access the Velocity Console.
You have a Velocity administrator account. You need to provide the credentials that are retrieved from the Velocity Storage Server page to register it with the Velocity Management Service.
To register the Velocity Storage Server for a cloud environment
From the Velocity Console, in the left pane, click Velocity Storage Server.
Click Generate Server Credentials.
Do not close the Server Credentials dialog.
In the Velocity Storage Server console, log in to the Velocity shell menu, go to the Main Menu > Manage > Cloud view, and then type the following command:
Register
UsernamePassword
Where Username and Password are the User name and Password that appear on the Server Credentials dialog.
You can close the Server Credentials dialog after you have entered the credentials.
Press Enter.
(Optional) To restrict access of CIFS shares to authorized users, you can choose to integrate with Active Directory when you configure the Velocity Client for Windows. However, you must first join the Velocity Storage Server to the Active Directory domain.
To register the Velocity Storage Server with the Velocity on-premises management server
From the Velocity Console, in the left pane, click Velocity Storage Server.
Click Generate Server Credentials.
Do not close the Server Credentials dialog.
In the Velocity Storage Server console, log in to the Velocity shell menu, go to the Support > Maintenance view, and then enter the maintenance password.
After you have accessed the Maintenance user shell, type the following command to log into the root shell:
elevate
Navigate to /opt/veritas/velocity/etc and edit the controller.conf file.
For example, type:
vi controller.conf.
For the following items, change the value to false:
verifyhost=false
verifypeer=false
Save the file.
For example, type the following command:
:wq
Type the following command to restart the vagentd service:
service vagentd restart
Navigate to /opt/veritas/appliance/cloudReg and edit the config file.
For example, type the following command:
vi config
Change the URL from https://velocity.apps.veritas.com to the fully qualified URL and port of the Velocity on-premises management server.
For example, https://velocity.company.com:8443
Save the file.
For example, type the following command:
:wq
To return to the main menu, type Exit > Exit > Shell Main.
In the Velocity Storage Server console, log in to the Velocity shell menu, go to the Main Menu > Manage > Cloud view, and then type the following command:
Register
UsernamePassword
Where Username and Password are the User name and Password that appear on the Server Credentials dialog.
You can close the Server Credentials dialog after you have entered the credentials.
(Optional) To restrict access of CIFS shares to authorized users, you can choose to integrate with Active Directory when you configure the Velocity Client for Windows. However, you must first join the Velocity Storage Server to the Active Directory domain.
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