LMS 3.0 Solaris 10 Installation Path Question

[frankzehrer]

Hi everybody,

i have a Solaris 10 Box (Full Install - with all Java stuff - silly eh?) and a LMS install in /lms/CSCOpx.

So far ok.

Now there is s symbolic link /opt/CSCOpx leading to /lms/CSCOpx.

Please take a look into the system variables.

Soething messed up here.

Can this cause some strange behavour with e.g. Topology Services??

ALIAS=dmgt CSCOmd

ARCH=sparc

ASANY=/opt/CSCOpx/objects/db

ASTMP=/var/adm/CSCOpx/files/.SQLAnywhere

BASEDIR=/opt

BUILD_ID=SOL_CS311_INCR_UPDATE_20071205_1735_protopackage

BUILD_NUMBER=284

CATEGORY=application

CLASSES=pxdm

CLASSPATH=/lms/CSCOpx/lib/classpath:/lms/CSCOpx/www/classpath:/opt/CSCOpx/campus/lib/classpath:/opt/CSCOpx/campus/www/classpath

CORE_NONSECURE_PORT=1741

CORE_SECURE_PORT=443

CWMIBDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/objects/share/mibs

DEBUG=0

DESC=CiscoWorks Process management commands and interfaces DMGT_PORT=42340 DMGT_START= EMAIL=tac@cisco.com HOME=/opt/CSCOpx

HOTLINE=1-800-553-6387

INSTDATE=Feb 01 2008 18:32

I_CONF_SYSLOG=YES

I_MODE=NEW

JAVA_HOME=/lms/CSCOpx/lib/jre

LANG=C

LC_ALL=C

LC_COLLATE=de_DE.ISO8859-1

LC_CTYPE=de_DE.ISO8859-1

LC_MESSAGES=de

LC_MONETARY=de_DE.ISO8859-1

LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.ISO8859-1

LC_OS=sol

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lms/CSCOpx/objects/db/lib:/lms/CSCOpx/lib:/opt/CSCOpx/MDC/lib:/opt/CSCOpx/campus/lib:/opt/CSCOpx/campus/lib

MAX_RAM=2048

MAX_SWAP=4096

NAME=CiscoWorks Process Management package NLSPATH=/opt/CSCOpx/objects/share/nls/C/%N.cat

NMSROOT=/opt/CSCOpx

OAMBASE=/usr/sadm/sysadm

ODBCINI=/opt/CSCOpx/.odbc.ini

OS=SOL

OSAGENT_PORT=42342

PATCHVER=1

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sadm/install/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/etc:/usr/ucb

PKG=CSCOmd

PKGINST=CSCOmd

PKGOWNER=NMCihF78oLBcwNg

PKGSAV=/var/sadm/pkg/CSCOmd/save

PRODNAME=CiscoWorks Common Services

PRODVERS=unassigned

PSTAMP=nmch-build-sol28-00620071206131214

PX_ANI_PORT=42344

PX_APPDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/objects

PX_BINDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/bin

PX_CGIDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/cgi-bin

PX_CGIURL=/cgi-bin

PX_CLASSDIR=/lms/CSCOpx/www/classpath

PX_CLASSURL=/CSCOnm/classpath

PX_CONFDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/conf

PX_CTRBDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/contrib

PX_DATADIR=/var/adm/CSCOpx/files

PX_DATASTORE=dsn

PX_DMGTHOST=127.0.0.1:42340

PX_DMGT_PORT=42340

PX_DOCDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/htdocs

PX_DOCURL=/

PX_FACILITY=local0

PX_FQDN=argos.rz.uni-potsdam.de

PX_GROUP=casusers

PX_HLPDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/help

PX_HOST=argos

PX_JRN_PORT=42343

PX_LIBDIR=/opt/CSCOpx/lib

PX_LOGDIR=/var/adm/CSCOpx/log

PX_LOGFILE=/var/adm/CSCOpx/log/dmgtd.log

PX_OSA_PORT=42342

PX_PORT=1741

PX_PROTOCOL=http

PX_SCLASSDIR=/lms/CSCOpx/lib/classpath

PX_TMPDIR=/tmp

PX_USER=casuser

PX_WEB_PORT=1741

SATMP=/var/adm/CSCOpx/files/.SQLAnywhere

SINGLEINSTALLER=FALSE

SQLANY=/opt/CSCOpx/objects/db

SVC_ENTRY_DMGT=cscomd

SVC_ENTRY_JRN=

SVC_ENTRY_OSA=cscoosa

SVC_ENTRY_SSL=cscoapch_ssl

SVC_ENTRY_WEB=cscoapch

SYS_CPU=1504

SYS_NO_OF_CPUS=2

SYS_RAM=4096

SYS_SWAP=5476584

TZ=Europe/Berlin

UPDATE=yes

VENDOR=Cisco Systems, Inc

VERSION=3.7

Many thanks in advance

Frank

[Joe Clarke]

What do you think is messed up? What problems are you seeing with Topo?

Note: a mix of realpath/symlink path objects is normal in a custom installation. It looks strange, but it has not been known to cause any problems. One thing that could cause problems is your locale being set to German instead of US English or Japanese.

[frankzehrer]

Hi Joe,

many thanks for your reply.

I came in doubt about this cause of several things:

1. The mdcsupport told me everytime that another instance of mscdsupport is running (which was not true) or the path /opt/CSCOpx/MDC/etc/mdcsuppottemp already existed. But i meantime i figured out that the costumer geve my user not root but even casusers rights. Maybe this is the problem.

2. In Topo View are some direct links between devices not straight connected. They are wrinkeld - like another devie is in the path. Whih is not and there is no icon shown in the wrinkle.

3. Path Analysis: In Path Analysis the VLAN Mapping lasts very long to open. Round about 15 Minutes. The Discovery took much longer. And even longer if a had checked the DNS Option.

4. In DFM in the DDV the Interfaces for the 6500-series are not shown. The ports are ok, but the interfaces not. I have hot an jsp-failure yesterday. I will post this in round about 90 Minuten, when i am on my workdesk.

;-)

So i was not sure if this behaviour could have benn caused from the symlink.

I konw that for normal the symlink does not affect the behaviour of an application.

But in the past i had problems with an Java environment and symlinked paths.

Thanks a lot for your time and valuable help here in the forum.

Best reagrds,

Frank

P.S. I will fix the locales - of course