This command creates the file /etc/opt/quest/vas/SAP.keytab. The –u parameter, , is the name of the active directory user with administrative privileges to create a new service account. The user will be prompted for their Active Directory (AD) password which is required to authenticate them to AD. For a better understanding of the vastool service create command and its available options, please read the vastool man page.
Step 2: Change the file permissions on the newly created service keytab file so that the corresponding service has the rights to read from the keytab file.
# chmod 640 /etc/opt/quest/vas/SAP.keytab
Step 3: Move the newly created file /etc/opt/quest/vas/SAP.keytab to a shared location between the SAP nodes in the cluster.
Step 4: Set the snc/identity/as value to: p:SAP/virtualhostname.mydnsdomain@MYDOMAIN, on each SAP server in the cluster.
Step 5: On each SAP node in the cluster set the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME to point to the shared location of the SAP.keytab file. This environment variable needs to be set for the SAP admin user that will be starting the SAP services.
Step 6: Restart the SAP services.
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