How to Install the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z › Start the CA Mainframe Connector for Linux on System z › Configure Linux Agents

Configure Linux Agents

After you install the Linux agent software on the Linux system, you configure the agents for communicating with the z/VM host and the z/OS region.

Follow these steps:

1. Enable the Linux agent to issue z/VM CP commands:
   1. Enter the following command:

      modprobe vmcp
      

      The Linux agent can issue CP commands in the current session.

   2. Add the command in the /etc/init.d/boot.local (SuSE) or /etc/rc.local (Red Hat) file.

      The Linux agent can issue CP commands the next time the Linux system starts.

2. Update the SOLVE service in the xinetd configuration:

   Note: SOLVE is a service name that is registered with Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) for Port 2636.

   1. Create a file, named solve, in the /etc/xinetd.d directory, using the following name for the server program:

      /usr/sbin/calxagnt
      

      The following example shows the content of a solve file:

      #Linux Agent for CA Mainframe Connector
      service SOLVE
      {
              socket_type     = stream
              protocol        = tcp
              wait            = no
              user            = root
              server          = /usr/sbin/calxagnt
      }
      

      Note: If you are using SuSE, you can use YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) to create this file.

   2. (Optional) If the root permission is not required, change the user.
   3. (Optional) Add the following server argument to run the agent from a home directory:

              server_args     = -d home_directory_path
      

   4. Enter the following command:

      service xinetd restart
      

      The xinetd daemon restarts. Communication between the Linux agent and the z/OS region is configured.