Configuring the call home groups manually

Manual group creation is meant for specific use cases, where you need to customize the contents for the new groups.

It is performed by using the following command:

mmcallhome group add GroupName server
 [--node {all | ChildNode[,ChildNode...]}]

This assigns the nodes that are specified by using the --node option and the node that is specified as server to the new call home group named GroupName. The server node is set to be the call home node of the created group.

All group nodes must have call home packages that are installed, and the call home node must be able to connect to esupport.ibm.com. If the proxy call home settings are enabled, then a proxy is used to test the connectivity. Otherwise, a direct connection is attempted.

If the call home node has a release version of 5.0.1.0 or later, then the new group is automatically set to track the global call home settings.

Note: If you are using a mixed cluster setup and specify a node with a release version earlier than 5.0.1.0 as the call home node, then the created group has a group-specific configuration with default values, and must be manually configured. In such cases, run the same commands that you ran before to configure global call home settings from one of the nodes of the newly created groups. For more information, see the Configuring call home settings section in Configuring call home to enable manual and automated data upload.