Generating the interfaces file for multiple platforms (UNIX only)

After using the Server Editor to set up component communications, the communications information is saved in an interfaces file.

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For example, the Server Editor generates the following interfaces file on a Solaris workstation:

$NCHOME/etc/interfaces.solaris2

If you are running Tivoli® Netcool®/OMNIbus components on more than one UNIX platform, you must generate compatible interfaces files before distributing them.

You can use the Server Editor to generate interfaces files for each platform, or you can generate interfaces files from the command line.

To generate interfaces files for all the available platforms, in the Server Editor:
  1. Select the Generate All check box.
  2. Click Apply. This generates interfaces files named $NCHOME/etc/interfaces.arch, where arch is the UNIX platform name.

To generate an interfaces file for a single platform, enter the following command:

$NCHOME/bin/nco_igen -arch platform

Where platform can be:

  • solaris2
  • hpux11
  • aix5
  • linux2x86
  • linux2s390
  • java
  • hpux11hpia

For example, to generate an interfaces file for an AIX® system, enter the following command:

$NCHOME/bin/nco_igen -arch aix5

The following file is created:

$NCHOME/etc/interfaces.aix5

To generate interfaces files for all available UNIX platforms, enter the command:

$NCHOME/bin/nco_igen -all

This generates an interfaces file named $NCHOME/etc/interfaces.arch for each platform, where arch is the UNIX platform name.