Maintaining LMP Keys › About the CALMP KEYS File › Editing the CALMP KEYS File

Editing the CALMP KEYS File

Typically you edit the CALMP KEYS file only when you are adding a new LMP key, or if you make a mistake entering the LMP key. Routine maintenance is not required. It is not necessary to bring CA MIM down when editing the CALMP KEYS file. CA MIM detects the updates to the file the next time it performs authorization checking.

To edit the CALMP KEYS file, either use the CA:VM Manager menu interface or use XEDIT to edit the file directly. You can use the VMIMAINT Main Menu if you have a common CALMP KEYS file on the CA VM:Manager VMRMAINT ID. For information on using the VMIMAINT Main Menu to enter LMP keys, see the CA VM:Manager Management Suite Installation Guide. To edit the file directly using XEDIT:

Follow these steps:

1. Log on to the ID that owns the CALMP KEYS file. This is either the VMRMAINT ID or the MIMGR ID.
2. Enter the following command where m is the file mode of the disk containing the CALMP KEYS file:

   XEDIT CALMP KEYS m
   

3. Enter the LMP key for each component exactly as it appears in the Product Key Certificate you received. If you are entering a new LMP key to replace an expiring key, be sure to delete the expiring key. If you do not delete the expiring key, warning messages are issued until the key expires.
4. When you are finished, save and exit the file. The new LMP key and any other changes are effective immediately and are used the next time CA MIM performs authorization checking. You can issue the CA MIM AUTHCHK command to invoke immediate authorization checking to verify the updated contents of the CALMP KEYS file.