Checking and modifying the configuration files

IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition has several configuration files that store configuration settings that you can change manually if needed.

You can view and modify the contents of each file with any standard text editor, according to the purpose and contents of each file.

After modifying a configuration file, you must restart the Spectrum Control service by running the following CLI command on the Linux host:

service ibm_spectrum_control restart

For more information about this service, see Checking and controlling the Spectrum Control service.

Table 1. Configuration files
File name	Directory location	Purpose or relevant parameters
ibmsyslog.conf	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/	Defines the logging standard per application, as well as the target of the log messages.
ibmlogs-rotate	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/	Controls the archive and renewal timing attributes of the log files. For the list of log files, see Checking the log files.
ldap.ini	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/	See Configuring LDAP-based directory user access.
ldap.conf	/etc/openldap/	See Configuring LDAP-based directory user access.
vasa_config.ini	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/vasa1/	populate_vasa_events_and_alarms – The time interval in minutes between each operation of filtering relevant events for each connected vCenter server. The default value is 2.
vwc_config.ini	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/vwc/	populate_all_vmware_objects – The time interval in minutes between each operation of refreshing of all vCenter server information on Spectrum Control. The default value is 30. When using a large number of vCenter servers, the value might need to be higher.
hsgsvr_config.ini	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/hsgsvr/	populate_arrays_and_events – The time interval in minutes between each update of information (changes and events) received from each monitored storage system. The default value is 10. When using a large number of storage arrays, the value might need to be higher than 10. See Working with multiple storage arrays for additional information.
vcops_config.ini	opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/vcops	See Adjusting system update interval. See Configuring alarm reporting. See Configuring metrics scope. See Enabling SSL verification.
essni_proxy. properties	/opt/ibm/ibm_spectrum_control/conf.d/ds8k_proxy	ESS network interface (ESSNI) proxy configuration file.