VMware Smart Assurance NOTIF processor functionality
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF processor functionalityWhen the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF processor starts up on a server or the Remote
> Reload server option in the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF Editor is selected,
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF browses the
BASEDIR
/smarts/conf/<config
> and
local/conf/<config
> directories for
files that end in ".ncf". The *.ncf files are
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF configuration files.
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF loads each*.ncf file into the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF processor and combines them to create the running
configuration on the
Adapter Platform
or SAM server where
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF is running.
The use of *.ncf files in
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF is a major architectural change from previous
versions of NOTIF.
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF now loads configurations from *.ncf files, one at
a time, rather than connect to an
VMware Smart Assurance
repository.
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF configuration files (*.ncf files) are XML files
that you can edit using the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF Editor.
“VMware Smart Assurance NOTIF Editor
functionality” on page 19 provides an overview of how the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF Editor works.
When
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF reads an *.ncf configuration file and loads the
entire configuration from the configuration directories (that is, the
/conf/<icoi or
/ics
> or /local/conf/<icoi or /ics
>
directories), the cumulative configuration is written to an *.ncf file in the
local/logs directory (for example, the INCHARGE-OI.<configfilename
>.ncf file).
In this way, you can determine the specific
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF configuration elements that are running on a
particular server. The *.ncf file written to the local/logs directory is
generated when you either start up
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF or select the Remote > Reload server option in
the
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF Editor.
When you install the
VMware Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager
version 9.2, VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF is not enabled by default. You must start
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF by performing the steps described in “Starting Smarts NOTIF” on
page 66
.