WebSphere brand IBM WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server, Version 7.1

Preparing a Linux operating system

To improve performance and prevent network issues, you must run the Name Service Caching Daemon. To ensure your servers are properly synchronized, you should also run the Network Time Protocol daemon.

About this task

Comprehensive information about completing the operating system preparation may be found in the WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment information center.

The Name Service Caching Daemon must be started on each Linux server where you plan to deploy WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server components.

  1. Use grep to determine if the Name Service Caching Daemon is running. For example:
    ps -elf | grep "nscd"
  2. If it is not running, start it.
    1. Change to the /etc/init.d directory. For example:
      cd /etc/init.d
    2. Run nscd. For example:
      ./nscd start
  3. To configure the Name Service Caching Daemon to start when the system is started, update rcdefault_runlevel.d.
    1. To determine the default_runlevel, observe /etc//inittabn. You will see the following:
       id:5:initdefault:
       # System initialization.
       si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

      The first line indicates that the default runlevel is 5.

    2. To update rc5.d, do the following:
      cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
      ln -s ../init.d/nscd S60nscd
      ln -s ../init.d/nscd K60nscd
  4. Ensure that the Network Time Protocol daemon is configured and running.



Terms of use
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2009. All Rights Reserved.