Installation Manual

Installing the CIM Extension for IBM AIX198
Stopping the CIM Extension
To stop the background process for the CIM extension, enter the following at the command prompt
in the /opt/APPQcime/tools directory:
# ./stop
Keep in mind the following:
• You must have root privileges to stop the CIM extension.
• When you stop the CIM extension, the management server is unable to gather information
about this host.
Rolling Over the Log Files
The logging information for the CIM extension is contained primarily in the cxws.log file, created
by default in the <Installation_directory>/tools directory. The cxws.log file rolls over
once it becomes more than 100 MB. The information in cxws.log is moved to cxws.log.1.
When the logs roll over again, cxws.log.1 is renamed to cxws.log.2 and the information that
is in cxws.log is moved to cxws.log.1. The numbering for the files continues sequentially, with
there being a maximum of three backup logs, as follows:
• cxws.log - contains the latest logging information
• cxws.log.1 - contains logging information that was previously in cxws.log
• cxws.log.2 - contains logging information that was previously in cxws.log.1
• cxws.log.3 - contains logging information that was previously in cxws.log.2
The cxws.out file contains some logging information, such as the CIM extension starting, which is
recorded in case something unexpected happens with the Java Virtual Machine. The CIM extension
appends the cxws.out file and rolls it over.
Fulfilling the Prerequisites
If your installation fails, you may be missing the following prerequisites. Refer to the information in
this section on the required maintenance level and file sets.
IMPORTANT: Installation of the devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.1.0.0 file set is
optional. If you do not install this file set, you will be able to discover the AIX host, but you will not
see any information about your host bus adapters or any information they provide. For example,
the Navigation page for the host will not show results for host bus adapters, HBA ports, or
bindings. Also if you do not install the
devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.1.0.0 file set, the host is displayed in the topology,
but devices attached to the host, such as switches, are not displayed. This information also applies
to the devices.common.IBM.fc.hba-api.5.3.0.0 file set for AIX 5.3.
AIX 5.1