USS server install question

Products

• OPS/MVS Event Management & Automation

Issue/Introduction

There are several configuration parameters referring to PIPES, for example CA_OPS_UIM_PIPE=/tmp/ops2uim.  My question is is the ops2uim portion of the path referring to a file I need to create, a directory that the USSProc will write another file name to or what? The documentation is not real clear on this matter. 

Environment

Release : 13.5

Component : OPS/MVS

Resolution

The directory /tmp will have to exist.  OPS will create the file ops2uim when OPS initializes...

I'm on this page that I'm sure you know about...

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-mainframe-software/automation/ca-ops-mvs-event-management-and-automation/13-5/installing/installing-and-configuring-optional-components135/how-you-install-and-configure-optional-base-components135/install-the-unix-system-services.html

Down the page a bit in the "USS Server ENVFILE Requirements" section it says:

CA_OPS_UIM_PIPE=your_name -  Full path name for the named pipe that is used to send events to CA UIM.  Default is “/tmp/ops2uim”. The pipe is created when the USS Server initializes. The Server writes events to the pipe and they are read by the CCS UIM component.

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You are correct it's not clear, but yes "/tmp" needs to exist already.