7.7.4.7 CREATE KEY

Purpose

The CREATE KEY command creates and displays a random hexadecimal string to assign client keys. The use of CREATE KEY ensures that the security key is in the correct format. This command provides a way to generate a key in the correct format, and it can be run on any cell.

Syntax

CREATE KEY

Usage Notes

The security key must be entered in the cellkey.ora configuration file on the computer hosts that contain clients for which you want to authorize access to a cell.

The key is also assigned to clients that access grid disk storage.

The key must be copied manually to the hosts and cells.

Example 7-86 Creating a Key

This example shows the CREATE command with the KEY object.

CellCLI> CREATE KEY
         3452c64fec9a5800bbe48d4093269400