Customizing the configuration profiles
Customizing the configuration profiles is a critical part of the configuration process. The profiles contain the values that define the runtime environment, communication protocols and addresses, the framework features that are enabled, product-specific values, and so forth. The configuration profiles are tailored with the information you specify when you set up the RTE work environment. Default values are provided for all other required parameters and some optional ones. The amount of editing required to customize the configuration profiles depends upon how you are creating the runtime environment (RTE) and how much your environment differs from the model or product-provided defaults.
About this task
- Review and customization of the RTE configuration profile is required to override defaults with any required site-specific values, such as port numbers and to enable optional features such as automatic APF authorization, event forwarding, or support for self-describing agents.
- Review of the $GBL$USR profiles is required under either of the
following conditions:
- If the RTE is being upgraded and there may be new GBL_* parameters introduced in the new version of the product.
- To customize product-specific GBL_* common or global parameters that may apply to more than one product or apply to several components within a product family (for example, GBL_DB2_KD2_CLASSIC_STC parameter applies to all OMEGAMON XE for Db2 PE/PM components if configuring this product family).
- Customization of the variables configuration file is required if the runtime environment is enabled for system variables (RTE_SYSV_SYSVAR_FLAG=Y) and user-defined symbols are being used. Any system variables whose resolution values cannot be determined from the IPL PARMLIB must also be defined.
- Configuration profiles describes the three configuration profiles.
- Customizing the runtime environment configuration profile discusses the values and features that users typically customize in the RTE configuration profile.
- Customizing the global configuration profile discusses the values typically customized in the global profile.
- Customizing the variables profile discusses the variables typically customized in the variables profile.
For help with the parameter values, consult the following resources:
- Comments in the profiles
- Online help for parameters (F1 )
- Common parameters
- The Parameter Reference for each product