Copying the sample configuration file

About this task

You must copy the sample startup configuration file to the OPMGRM1 198 disk before modifying it. The following steps provide a guideline to copy the sample configuration file:
  1. Log on to the VM account your installation will use to modify Operations Manager configuration files. Do not use OPMGRM1 or OPMGRS1–4.
  2. VMLINK to the minidisk that contains the samples:
    VMLINK 5697J10F 2C2 < * I RR >
    
  3. VMLINK to the minidisk that contains the configuration files:
    VMLINK OPMGRM1 198 < * E MR >
    
  4. Copy the sample file:
    COPYFILE OPMGRM1 CONFSAMP I filename CONFIG E

    where filename is the name you plan to use for your configuration file.

    IBM® recommends that you use OPMGRM1 for the filename. This file can contain one of the following:
    • any or all of your configuration information for a single system
    • all of the common configuration information for multiple members of a z/VM® Single System Image (SSI) cluster.
    If you have unique configuration information for each member of an SSI cluster, it can be stored in another configuration file whose filename is the name of the member, and imbedded in this configuration file using the CONFIG statement with the FN &SYSNAME parameter. At Operations Manager startup, &SYSNAME will be replaced with the name of the system.
  5. Modify the startup configuration file:

    XEDIT OPMGRM1 CONFIG E

  6. Release and detach the minidisk that contains the samples:

    VMLINK 5697J10F 2C2 < DET >

  7. Release and detach the minidisk that contains the configuration files:

    VMLINK OPMGRM1 198 < DET > ( WRITE

The following sections describe the possible areas of the configuration file you can modify.