Retrieve a configuration file from server...

This option retrieves a specific named *.ncf file from the remote server’s configuration directories (that is, from the BASEDIR/smarts/conf/<config> or BASEDIR/smarts/local/conf/<config> directories). When you select this option:

1. The Connect to a Server dialog box appears as shown in the figure. Choose the remote server from which you want to retrieve the specific *.ncf file and click OK.

2. The Directory dialog box appears as shown in the figure. Choose a directory on the remote server from which you want to retrieve the *.ncf file and click OK.

3. The File dialog box appears, as shown in File dialog box. This dialog provides a drop-down list of the *.ncf files in the selected directory.

   Note:

   If you are retrieving an *.ncf file from a remote server, and you have existing *.ncf file(s) on your local system, be careful to ensure that there are no conflicting configurations within multiple *.ncf files as the order in which these files are read is undetermined.

   Select the *.ncf file you want to retrieve from the remote server and click OK.

   Figure 1. File dialog box

   

4. A progress bar at the bottom of the screen indicates that the selected remote *.ncf file is being loaded into the NOTIF Editor on the local server, as shown in Loading an .ncf file from a remote server. In this example, the *.ncf file being retrieved is a configuration file named test-iter5.ncf on a remote Adapter Platform server named OI81-Notif-ICB88-lin.

   Figure 2. Loading an .ncf file from a remote server

   

5. When the *.ncf file from the remote server is imported into the NOTIF Editor on the local server:

   • The NOTIF configuration objects in the topology tree are populated (that is, there are now EnumValueMapping, EventConfigInfo, NotifConfigInfo, and NotifPackage objects in the tree), and

     • The word “Ready” appears in the bottom-left corner of the NOTIF Editor as shown in .ncf file from a remote server is now loaded into the NOTIF Editor.

       Figure 3. .ncf file from a remote server is now loaded into the NOTIF Editor

       

6. To save the configuration to your local server:

7. Select File > Save Configuration As...

8. Name the .ncf file and select the directory on your local server where you want to store the configuration in the Save dialog box.