IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual page 52

About this task
Important: You must adhere to the naming conventions and formatting rules that
govern the creation and editing of a custom configuration file. If you do not,
Prerequisite Scanner cannot successfully run a scan by using this file.
Procedure
1. If necessary add product codes for the product to the codename.cfg file.
2. Create the configuration file by using a text editor in the ips_root/OS directory.
3. Review the basic prerequisite properties outlined in Appendix C, "Prerequisite
4. Optional: Add a section and ensure that you use the following naming
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Ensure that you use the following naming convention for the file name:
product_code_version.cfg
where:
v product_code
It is the variable to represent a product code on either Windows or UNIX
systems. Product codes identify the product, an individual platform such as
Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris, and optionally the version of the
operating system that is supported by that product. They are stored in the
codename.cfg file. Any product that supports multiple platforms has multiple
product codes, with each one identifying a product, platform, and version of
the operating system as required.
v version is the 8-digit code to represent the version, release, modification, and
level, with two digits for each part of the code; for example, 7.3.21 is
07032100.
properties reference," on page 83 and determine which prerequisite properties
that you want to check.
convention for the section title:
v Single, predefined data-type category
[category_name:category_value]
For example, to create a section for prerequisite properties common to all
Windows platforms, add the following section title:
[OSType:Windows]
For example, to create a section for prerequisite properties common to all
RedHat Linux OS variants, add the following section title:
[OSType:RedHat]
v Combined, predefined data-type categories
[category_name:category_value]
[category_name:category_value]
For example, to create a section for prerequisite properties for Windows
Server 2003 variants excluding Windows Server 2003 R2 variant, add the
following combination section title:
[OSType:Windows Server 2003][!OSType:Windows Server 2003 R2]
For example, create a section for prerequisite properties for SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 11 OS and whether the environment variable
@TPAE_DB_SERVER is set to true. Add the following combination section title:
[OSType=SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer][@TPAE_DB_SERVER:true]
where: