Configuring Solaris and other SYS5 type UNIX systems

  1. Log on to the UNIX platform with a root type login and edit the /etc/hosts file. Add the BMC Defender Server name to the /etc/hosts file. (The syslog.conf file requires the use of a hostname rather than an IP address, and this is a necessary step.)

  2. Edit the /etc/syslog.conf file and append the following eight lines to bottom of the file. Make sure you use a tab to delimit fields and not a space.

    *.debug      @BMC Defender Server

     *.info         @BMC Defender Server

     *.notice     @BMC Defender Server

     *.warning  @BMC Defender Server

     *.err          @BMC Defender Server

     *.crit          @BMC Defender Server

     *.alert        @BMC Defender Server

     *.emerg     @BMC Defender Server

  3. When finished with the edits, stop and restart the syslogd process, such as with a kill -HUP command. You should see a Startup message logged at the BMC Defender Server system, indicating that the platform's syslogd process has successfully started.

 

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