Preparing the connection to the Provisioning Manager

Logon to a z/OS® UNIX session as a CIM administrator user.

Copy the Capacity Provisioning CIM provider properties file to the /etc directory:
```
cp /usr/lpp/cpo/provider/cpoprovider.properties /etc
```
If you want to store the Capacity Provisioning CIM provider properties file (see also Table 14) in a different location or use a different name, see Customizing the location of the Capacity Provisioning CIM provider properties file.
If your domain name is not the default (DOMAIN1), edit the file you copied, for example by using oedit /etc/cpoprovider.properties to change the DomainNames = DOMAIN1 line to reflect the name of your domain.
Ensure that the file is readable:
```
chmod a+r /etc/cpoprovider.properties
```
Verify that the program-controlled flag is set in the extended file attributes for the Capacity Provisioning CIM provider library:
```
ls -E /usr/lpp/cpo/lib/libcpoprovider.so
```
If the attribute is not set, use the following command to set the program-controlled flag manually:
```
extattr +p /usr/lpp/cpo/lib/libcpoprovider.so
```
Verify that a link to the Capacity Provisioning CIM provider library is created in the CIM server provider directory:
```
ls -l /usr/lpp/wbem/provider/libcpoprovider.so
```
If the link does not exist, use the following command to create the link manually:
```
ln -s /usr/lpp/cpo/lib/libcpoprovider.so
      /usr/lpp/wbem/provider/libcpoprovider.so
```
Restart the CIM server.