Changing the default location of the var folder

You might want to change the default location of the var folder. This is a common customization and requires minor changes to the Program D configuration file, web.xml.

To change the default location of the var folder

1. Open the Program D web.xml file with any standard XML editor.
   By default this file is in the following location:
   C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\programd\web-inf
2. Locate the <param-value> tag.
   This tag contains the path to the var folder. The default path is <param-value>[file:/var/programd/conf/core.xml]</param-value>.
3. Change the path to the appropriate location.
   For example, if you moved the var folder under the BMCChat folder, change the path as follows:
   <param-value>[file:/BMCSoftware/BMCChat/var/programd/conf/core.xml]</param-value>

   If the var folder resides on a drive other than C, the new path might be as follows:
   <param-value>[file:///D:/bmcdata/chat/var/programd/conf/core.xml]</param-value>
4. Save the changes.
5. Repeat these changes for all load-balanced mid-tier servers running Program D.
6. Restart Apache Tomcat on all mid-tier servers running Program D.