SMI-S provider configuration file
This section describes the SMI-S provider configuration files.
User-defined.properties file
This section describes the description format and organization format of SMI-S provider user
configuration files and parameters to be defined. The user-defined.properties file is an SMI-S
provider user configuration file.
File description format
The format of the user-defined.properties file includes the following items:
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File format: Text
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Character code: ISO 8859-1
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Line-end symbol: \n, \r, or \r\n
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Comment: Line on which # or ! is the first non-space character
File organization format
The organization of the user-defined.properties file is shown here:
# comment line
parameter1= parameter1_setting_value
parameter2= parameter2_setting_value
# comment line
Parameters defined in user configuration files
Table 44: Parameters defined in user configuration files
Parameter name
CipherSuites
VVolForSnapshot
Description
Specifies usable cipher suites.
Optional item. If no value is specified, the default value applies.
For parameter details, see CipherSuites parameter on page 146.
Specifies virtual volumes that can be used by the SMI-S provider.
Optional item. If no value is specified, the default value applies. If you
specify this item, be sure to specify PoolIDForSnapshot as well.
For detail parameter details, see VVolForSnapshot parameter on page
146.
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