Change Default OMD.XML.DIR

ersunnys · Post by **ersunnys** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 12:49 am

Hi,

By Default, OMD.XML.DIR is set to "/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBNode/conf/etc/XmlFiles".

Is there any way to change the value of this variable, so that we can generate OMD Xml files into some other folder then "/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBNode/conf/etc/XmlFiles" ??

I really appreciate your help.
thanks,
Sunny

Sreenivasulu · Post by **Sreenivasulu** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:59 am

What is OMD.XML.DIR ? Never heard of it. Are you using it in XML output stage.

Regards
Sreeni

antonyraj.deva · Post by **antonyraj.deva** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:51 am

Hi Sunny,

ersunnys wrote:Is there any way to change the value of this variable, so that we can generate OMD Xml files into some other folder then "/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBNode/conf/etc/XmlFiles"??

Why would you want to change it? The "XmlFiles" folder is required only to generate operational metadata as far as I know. So what exactly is the requirement?

Sreenivasulu wrote:What is OMD.XML.DIR ? Never heard of it.

OMD means "Open Mathematical Documents". It is a kind of algorithm to store XML files with versioning information.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:30 am

And here I thought it meant Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

Also curious why you feel any need to move it elsewhere. Space?

ersunnys · Post by **ersunnys** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:51 am

Thanks Guys for replies..

chulett wrote: Also curious why you feel any need to move it elsewhere. Space?

I have a typical scenario, and yes the reason of moving the files from DS installation folder to some other folder is Space and I want to keep these files in some other UNIX File Set...

from my understanding, there should be a way to change the value somewhere to generate these files at specified location, please help me out..

thanks,
Sunny

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:13 am

Not everything is configurable and I've never seen anything documenting how to change that. However, doesn't mean it isn't, hopefully someone knows something regarding this.

ersunnys · Post by **ersunnys** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 7:19 am

chulett wrote:Not everything is configurable and I've never seen anything documenting how to change that. However, doesn't mean it isn't, hopefully someone knows something regarding this.

thanks craig for hope...

antonyraj.deva · Post by **antonyraj.deva** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:13 am

Hi Sunny,

I've got news from my AIX Admin that you can indeed change this location but the folder should be in the same server.

Now, If we make a new folder in the same server then the space issue will still be there.

So my suggestion is to increase the space in your server and keep the default value as it is.

ersunnys · Post by **ersunnys** » Sat Jun 26, 2010 9:34 am

antonyraj.deva wrote:Hi Sunny,

I've got news from my AIX Admin that you can indeed change this location but the folder should be in the same server.

Now, If we make a new folder in the same server then the space issue will still be there.

So my suggestion is to increase the space in your server and keep the default value as it is.

Thanks for the information, it would be great if you can let me know how to change the location!
We have NFS shared drive installed on our server through which we can share files among different boxes, though its mounted on same server so we can access the folders in drive as local folders. I want to keep these files in that drive.

Thanks...

antonyraj.deva · Post by **antonyraj.deva** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:35 am

If it is NFS drives you are using, then changing the location won't create any problem I guess.

Create a link in AIX for your destination folder and map "XmlFiles" folder to it.

ersunnys · Post by **ersunnys** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:17 am

antonyraj.deva wrote:If it is NFS drives you are using, then changing the location won't create any problem I guess.

Create a link in AIX for your destination folder and map "XmlFiles" folder to it.

Hi,

This is exactly what I am doing at the moment, I was just curious to know if there is any other alternate to change this default location!

Thanks for help...