Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux® Workstations

Attribute
src_path
dst_os
dst_path
Option
-h
-p
-f
-H
-O
Example:
Description
The path to the remote storage as referred to by all hosts using the same operating system
The operating system of the client that mounts the same storage referred to by the source
The path to the remote storage as referred to by the hosts running the destination operating
system
Sharing the Database Among Multiple Wiretap Servers
When you have many Wiretap servers, you must update the path translation database on each server every
time there is a change to the network configuration.
To simplify the management of the database, you can create a symbolic link from the path translation file
on all hosts running the Wiretap server to one machine that contains the actual file.
Testing the Path Translation Database
After the path translation database is updated by the system administrator, it must be tested. The
sw_wiretap_translate_path command verifies that a path requested from the Wiretap server on the local
machine can be translated into a path that can be understood by the client machine.
The syntax of the command is the following:
sw_wiretap_translate_path[-h ] [-p ] [-f ] [-H
] [-O ]
The command options are described in the following table.
Description
Specifies the host name or IP address of the Wiretap server. The default is localhost.
Specifies the path on the Wiretap server host to translate.
Specifies the file containing the paths on the remote host to translate to the path on the local host,
delimited by new lines.
Specifies the destination host name. The default is localhost.
Specifies the destination operating system (Linux, Windows NT, Mac OSX).
NOTE Either -p or -f must be specified, but not both.
To test the path translation database:
1 Change to the Stone and Wire tools directory: cd /usr/discreet/sw/tools
2 Type the sw_wiretap_translate_path command with the appropriate options.
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