Configuring Rendezvous to Use a Different Port: Starting rvd Manually & Creating a Shell Script

Use the -listen option when launching rvd to specify the port to be used. This can either be done manually (at the command line), or by setting up a shell script that automates the process.

Starting rvd Manually

Start rvd from the command line as follows:

rvd -listen tcp:PORT_NUMBER

In this command line, PORT_NUMBER is the port on which you wish rvd to listen. This port should match the port specified for the Netcool/Precision IP processes.

Creating a Shell Script
To create a shell script to automate the process for each time you use rvd:

1. Move the rvd binary to a new location, for example, rvd.exe.
2. Create a shell script with the filename rvd and execute permissions for the user that will run Netcool/Precision IP. Use a command that contains the following lines:

#!/bin/shrvd.exe -listen tcp:PORT_NUMBER

In this command PORT_NUMBER is the port number to be used. This port number must match the port specified for the Netcool/Precision IP processes. Every subsequent call to rvd is now a call to this shell script.

NOTE:
The shell script must be started manually due to checking features that are built into rvd itself. Consequently, if you are configuring ncp_ctrl to launch rvd, you must specify the executable itself (which is now rvd.exe if you have followed the above steps), and use the -listen argument, as specified above, rather than specifying this shell script.