VMWare Smart Assurance: How can I launch a Unix command or external script during a VMWare Smart Assurance domain startup?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

How can I launch a Unix command during the VMWare Smart Assurance domain startup?
How can I launch a Unix command during the VMWare Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager (SAM) domain  startup?

How can I launch an external script during the VMWare Smart Assurance domain startup?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

You can have any VMWare Smart Assurance domain manager such as SAM or IP launch a Unix command or external script during startup by editing the ics-init.asl file that the domain server calls during startup. The following shows how this could be done for an Ionix/Smarts SAM domain server:

1. Open the ics-init.asl file for editing using sm_edit. This file is located in the following directory:
   
   <BASEDIR>/smarts/rules/ics
    

   IMPORTANT! When modifying this file, you must use sm_edit so you make edits on a local copy of the file and leave the original intact.

2. Add the "INVOKE_UNIX" code to the ics-init.asl file where indicated by bold text in the following:
   
   IMPORTANT! The myscript.sh script file must be located in  your smarts/actions directory before you implement the following code.

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    { INITIALIZE_CONFMAPS " SHUTDOWN }
    { MAINTENANCE_HANDLER " SHUTDOWN }
    { INVOKE_UNIX " SHUTDOWN }

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INVOKE_UNIX
do {
   script = self->create("ACT_Script", "ACT-Script-unix") ? LOG,STOP;
   script->scriptName = "myscript.sh";
   script->run();

}

SHUTDOWN
do {
    smsystem->logWarning("ICS_ESHUTTINGDOWN", aslName);
    quit();
}
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