Special Considerations

This section contains considerations in addition to the procedures defined. Refer to the following notes before installing the product.

  • Although Connect:Direct® for UNIX Process names can be up to 255 characters long, some IBM® Connect:Direct platforms, such as Connect:Direct for z/OS® limit Process names to eight characters. Processes running between UNIX and platforms that limit Process names to eight characters can have unpredictable results if longer names are specified.
  • If you install Connect:Direct for UNIX on an HP Integrity system, you cannot use the Connect:Direct Secure Plus parameter file generated on a PA-RISC computer. You must create a new parameter file.
  • The Connect:Direct Secure Plus initparms record and the user authority that have been added to Connect:Direct for UNIX version 4.1.00 support remote configuration of Connect:Direct Secure Plus. These configuration options are needed when using the Central Management feature available in Control Center 5.0 and later.
  • If you are using a certificate that was created with an older version of Certificate Wizard, the certificate may contain a blank line between the "BEGIN" and "END" statements that define a private key. This version cannot process the blank line, resulting in an error. If a certificate generates an error, delete the blank line in the certificate.
  • Customers may desire to replace configuration files or the directories created by configuration, namely ndm/cfg/{CDU node name} and work/{CDU node name}, with symbolic links. As long as the redirection points to a supported file system as documented in the Installing Connect:Direct for UNIX section, we will provide best effort support for these symbolic links. This means that if an issue is reported, we will not deny support solely based on the existence of these symbolic links. However, if Support determines that the symbolic link is a factor in the issue, you may be asked to modify or delete the link to resolve the issue.