Enabling and disabling BMC Event Adapters

Before you can start the various BMC Event Adapters (either by starting them as services or starting the engine manager process), you must define and enable the adapter that you want to run in the mcxa.conf file.

To enable an adapter instance

1. In a text editor, open the mcxa.conf file.
   The file is located in the following directories:
   • On Microsoft Windows: installationDirectory\pw\server\etc
   • On UNIX: installationDirectory/pw/server/etc/
2. In the mcxa.conf file, navigate to the definition of the adapter instance that you want to enable.
3. Remove or comment out the word DISABLE from the adapter definition.
4. Repeat step 3 for each adapter instance that you want to enable.
5. Save and close the file.

Within a minute or two, a status message indicating the current state of the newly enabled adapter is sent to the cell server and is displayed in the operator console.

To disable an adapter instance

1. In a text editor, open the mcxa.conf file.
   The file is located in the following directories:
   • On Microsoft Windows: installationDirectory\pw\server\etc
   • On UNIX: installationDirectory/pw/server/etc/
2. In the mcxa.conf file, navigate to the definition of the adapter instance that you want to disable.
3. Add the word DISABLE to the adapter definition, or if DISABLE was commented out, remove the comment character (#).
4. Repeat step 3 for each adapter instance that must be disabled.
5. Save and close the file.

Within a minute or two, a status message indicating the current state of the newly disabled adapter is sent to the cell server and is displayed in the operator console.