Re: EMC DD2500: Communicating to the device from IBM i

[Roberto José Etcheverry Romero <yggdrasil.raiker@xxxxxxxxx>]

passwordless ssh is usually achieved with certificates. There's people on
the list that have automated talking to the HMC and it's the same thing. As
long as the ssh box allows cert users, you should be able to script it.

Best Regards,

Roberto

On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 4:18 PM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am using DD2500's fine with my Power systems, both AIX and IBM i. What I
> would like to do is to communicate with the device's command line using
> languages on the IBM i to move tapes and stuff.
>
> Simple sample is :
> QSH
> ssh -l rob@dekko-1 kdvl-dd2500.corp.dekko.com
> - get prompted for password
> help
> - lists some commands.
>
> Basically I do not want to get prompted for the password as I want to
> script this session.
>
> In addition to the commands an alternative is to use their REST apis but
> that sounds trickier (at least to this uninitiated soul).
>
>
> Rob Berendt
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