Configuring a Child Server

Use the following procedure to configure the propagation policies on a Child Server to forward events to the Central Server. For details about the configuring propagation policies, see Creating a new propagation policy.

To configure a Child Server to forward events to the Central Server

Repeat this procedure on every Child Server in your environment.

1. On the Child Server, add details for the Central Server to the mcell.dir file:
   1. On the Child Server, open the mcell.dir file, located in the installationDirectory\pw\server\etc directory.
   2. At the end of the file, add a line with the following cell server information for Central Server, then save and close the file:
      
      cell centralCellName mc cellHostName:cellPort  
      • centralCellName is the name of the Central Server Cell. 
      • cellHostName is the name of the Central Server host. 
      • cellPort is the cell port  
        
        For example:
        cell pncell_central mc central.bmc.com:1828
   3. To reload the mcell.dir file with the updated information, open a command prompt and run the following command:
      mcontrol -n childCellName reload dir
      
      where
      childCellName is the name of the Child Server Cell.

2. Create a rule (mrl) file to propagate MC_CELL_ACTION_RESULT events:

   Note

   For more information about rule files, see Event rules.

   1. Create a text file with the following rule:

      # ACTION_RESULTS
      propagate cell_action_results_event:
        MC_CELL_ACTION_RESULT
        to <'centralCellName'>
      END

      centralCellName is the name of the Central Server Cell.

   2. Save the file with an mrl extension in the installationDirectory\pw\server\etc_childCellName_\kb\rules directory.
   3. Add the file name (without the mrl extension) to the .load file in the same directory.
   4. Compile the cell by opening a command prompt and running the following command:
      mccomp -n childCellName 
   5. Restart the cell by opening a command prompt and running the following commands:
      mkill -n childCellName 
      
      and then
      mcell -n childCellName 
      
      Alternatively, instead of restarting the cell, you can reload the Knowledge Base of the cell by running the following command:
      mcontrol -n childCellName reload kb 
3. Open the Administration Console and in the Administration tab, click the Event Management Policies tab.
4. Expand MyProduction > childCellName > By Policy Type > Propagation Policy > All_Events.
5. Click to add a policy or to edit an existing policy.
6. In the Propagation Policy Details tab, ensure the following settings:
   • Select the Enabled check box to enable the event management policy. 
   • In the Policy Activation Timeframes section, select Always Active to make the event management policy active continuously. 
   • In the Propagate to all of list, select the cell server for the Central Server.
7. Click OK to save the changes.