To configure AA accounting file export

Purpose

Perform this procedure to configure the export of AA accounting statistics to files on NFM-P main or auxiliary server stations.

CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

If you are enabling or disabling the export function, performing this procedure requires a server restart, which is service-affecting.

Perform this procedure only during a scheduled maintenance period.

Note: If the statistics are to be exported to a main server, and the NFM-P system is redundant, you must perform the procedure on each main server in the system, and must perform the procedure on the standby main server station first.

Steps
 
1 

Log in to the main or auxiliary server station as the nsp user.

2 

Open a console window.

3 

Enter one of the following:

  • On a main server station:

    bash$ cd /opt/nsp/nfmp/server/nms/config ↵

  • On an auxiliary server station:

    bash$ cd /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver/nms/config ↵

4 

Enter the following to make a backup copy of the server configuration file:

bash$ cp nms-server.xml nms-server.xml.backup ↵

5 

Open the nms-server.xml file with a plain-text editor such as vi.

6 

Locate the <aaStatsProcessing section.

7 

To enable or disable the export function, set the following parameter to true or false, as required; for example, to enable the function:

enabled="true"

8 

Specify the file format by editing the following line, as required:

fileFormat="format"

where format is one of the following:

  • ipdr—IPDR format

  • ram—format for NSP Analytics reporting

  • ipdr, ram—IPDR and ram formats

9 

Save and close the nms-server.xml file.

10 

If you are configuring the standby main server in a redundant system, go to Step 12 .

11 

If you changed only the fileFormat value, enter one of the following to put the configuration change into effect:

  • On a main server station:

    bash$ /opt/nsp/nfmp/server/nms/bin/nmsserver.bash read_config ↵

  • On an auxiliary server station:

    bash$ /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver/nms/bin/auxnmsserver.bash auxread_config ↵

The server reads the updated configuration, and saves subsequently collected AA accounting statistics to files on the server station.

12 

If you are enabling or disabling the function, or are configuring the standby main server in a redundant system, enter one of the following to restart the server:

  • On a main server station:

    bash$ /opt/nsp/nfmp/server/nms/bin/nmsserver.bash force_restart ↵

  • On an auxiliary server station:

    bash$ /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver/nms/bin/auxnmsserver.bash auxforce_restart ↵

The server restarts, reads the updated configuration, and saves subsequently collected AA accounting statistics to files on the server station.

13 

Close the console window.

End of steps