Registering a remote BMC ProactiveNet cell with the Impact  Administration Cell

When you add a remote BMC ProactiveNet cell using the mcrtcell CLI command, you need to register the cell with the BMC ProactiveNet Server using the iadmin -ac command.

To manually register a remote cell with the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Cell

1. Add the cell using the mcrtcell CLI command, as in the following example:

   mcrtcell -as -ba -r -@ <hostName>/2008 -n sparkles_cell

2. Next, use the iadmin -ac command to register the cell with the BMC ProactiveNet Server. From the installationDirectory/server/bin directory, run the iadmin -ac command as in the following example:

   iadmin -ac
   name=sparkles_cell:key=mc:primaryHost=moondog:primaryPort=2008:
   failoverHost=suncat:
   failoverPort=2008:environment=Production:usergroups=*

   Warning

   Note

   If you are using the IPv6 address instead of the host name, ensure that the IPv6 address in enclosed in square parentheses []. This applies to both the primary and the secondary hosts. For example,
   iadmin -ac name=chas_cell3:
   key=mc:primaryHost=[2001:500:100:1447:250:56ff:febd:7c0a]:
   primaryPort=8608:environment=Production:usergroups=* 

3. The cell is added automatically to the cell_info.list of the BMC ProactiveNet Server located in the installationDirectory/pronto/conf directory. It is also automatically added to the admin.dir file of the Admin cell located in the installationDirectory/pronto/data/admindirectory, as in the following example:

   cellmoondog_10   mcmoondog.bmc.com:1828

   cellAdmin        mcmoondog.bmc.com:1827

   cellsparkles_cellmcmoondog.bmc.com:2008 suncat.bmc.com:2008

    

    

4. Add the cell entry to the mcell.dir file.
   
   By default, the file is located in the installationDirectory/server/etc directory.
5. Restart the cell that you are registering.
6. Restart the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console.
   The newly registered cell is displayed in the Infrastructure tab of the Administration Console. In the Event View of the BMC ProactiveNet Operations Console, you see that the cell that you have registered sends a registration event to the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Cell.