Configuring mail servers

You configure the mail server properties for both Netcool Configuration Manager - Base and Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance.

About this task

You configure mail server properties in the rseries.properties and WorkFlowManager.properties files.

Procedure

  1. To configure the mail server for the Netcool Configuration Manager - Base presentation and worker servers, perform the following edits for each server:
    1. Access rseries.properties:
      1. cd <install_dir>/config/properties
      2. vi rseries.properties
    2. Search for the core/smtp property and enter the mail server hostname.
    3. Set Notification/sendmail= true
  2. To configure the mail server for the Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance server, perform the following edits for each server:
    1. Access WorkFlowManager.properties:
      1. cd <install_dir>/compliance/config/properties
      2. vi WorkFlowManager.properties
    2. Search for the mailHost property and enter the mail server hostname.
    3. Optionally, change the settings for the following properties:
      • mailFrom
      • mailDebug (set to true to log debug information to Netcool Configuration Manager - Compliance log files)
  3. When done, restart Netcool Configuration Manager.