rename_cmp.sh script

Use the rename_cmp.sh script to rename a company code and company name in the IBM® Product Master environment. All users must log in with the new company code after this script is run.

Syntax

rename_cmp.sh --FromCode=source_company_code --ToCode=target_company_code
[--ToName=target_company_name] [--dbpassword=database_password]
[--silent] [--verbose]

Parameters

FromCode: Specifies the existing company code.
ToCode: Specifies the new company code.
ToName: Optional parameter that specifies the new company name.
dbpassword: Optional parameter that specifies the database password if the database password is stored in the encrypted format.
silent: Optional parameter that specifies the suppression of database confirmation.
verbose: Optional parameter that displays detailed messages on the console.

Usage

This script is stored in the <install dir>/bin/db directory. Running the script creates a log file named rename_cmp.log in the <install dir>/logs directory.

Note: You must run the rename_cmp.sh shell script only when your system is down. Also, you must not run the rename_cmp.sh shell script multiple times in parallel. If more than one instance is running at the same time, all of the instances fail.

Example

In this example, the rename_cmp.sh script is run with the parameter FromCode=testcompany, ToCode=newcompany and ToName="New Corporation Inc." to rename the company named testcompany.

$<install dir>/bin/db/rename_cmp.sh --FromCode=testcompany --ToCode=newcompany --ToName="New Corporation Inc."