IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Wireline Component Document Revision R2E1. Portal and Technology Pack Localization Technical Note

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1 IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager Wireline Component Document Revision R2E1 Portal and Technology Pack Localization Technical Note

2 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in Notices on page 5. Copyright IBM Corporation 2006, US Government Users Restricted Rights Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

3 Contents Chapter 1. Overview DataView Portal Localization Files Technology Pack Localization Files DataView Portal Jar Files How the Localization Works Notices Trademarks Chapter 2. Localizing the Portal and the Technology Packs Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2012 iii

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5 Chapter 1. Overview Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager provides a framework for localizing both the DataView portal and the Technology Pack reports that display on the portal. Localization experts can use this framework to translate the DataView and Technology Pack American English portal properties files into any language supported by the browser. The following sections explain these files in more detail. DataView Portal Localization Files DataView ships with the following localization files: v PVRMessageBundle.properties v PVRMessageBundle_es.properties v PVRMessageBundle_de.properties v PVRMessageBundle_fr.properties Technology Pack Localization Files DataView Portal Jar Files Technology Packs ship with the following localization files in the $PVMHOME/APLocalization directory: v DVAppPacksBundle.properties v DVAppPacksBundle_es.properties v DVAppPacksBundle_de.properties v DVAppPacksBundle_fr.properties DataView supports the following types of portal localization files that are contained in the following jar archives: v Default portal localization files PVRLocalBundles.jar DVAppPackBundles.jar Important: Do note edit the files in these archives. v Customizable portal localization files DVCustomerBundles.jar The customizable portal localization files are empty except for a commented-out header. At run time, the DataView server looks in this archive for a localized portal file and, if it finds any, overrides the corresponding file in either PVRLocalBundles.jar or DVAppPackBundles.jar. The precedence of the jar files is as follows: 1. DVCustomerBundles.jar 2. DVAppPackBundles.jar 3. PVRLocalBundles.jar Copyright IBM Corp. 2006,

6 How the Localization Works To localize the portal and the Technology Packs, you do the following: 1. Localize a DataView properties file. 2. Localize a corresponding Technology Pack properties file. 3. Create a DVCustomerBundles.jar. 4. Load the DVCustomerBundles.jar file into the DataView server. 5. Stop and restart the Tivoli Integrated Portal server to bring in the changes. The following sections explain how to perform these steps in greater detail. 2 IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager: Portal and Technology Pack Localization Technical Note

7 Chapter 2. Localizing the Portal and the Technology Packs The following section describes how to localize the portal and the Technology Packs. About this task To localize the portal and the Technology Packs, follow these steps: Procedure 1. Log in as pvuser to the system where DataView is installed. 2. Change your working directory to the <tip_location>/products/tnpm/ dataview directory. 3. Create a DVCustomerBundles directory by entering the following command: mkdir -p./dvcustomerbundles 4. Change your working directory to the./dvcustomerbundles directory, by entering the following command: cd./dvcustomerbundles 5. Obtain the DataView PVRMessageBundle properties file by entering the following command: jar -xvf \ <tip_location>/profiles/tipprofile/installedapps/tipcell/legacydataview.ear/ legacydataview.war/web-inf/lib/legacydataview.jar General 6. Change your working directory to the./dvcustomerbundles/general directory, by entering the following command: cd./dvcustomerbundles/general 7. Do one of the following: v If DataMart is installed on the current system, copy the $PVMHOME/APLocalization/DVAppPacksBundle.properties file to the General directory. v If DataMart is installed on a remote system, using ftp access the remote system from the General directory as pvuser, and get the $PVMHOME/APLocalization/DVAppPacksBundle.properties file. 8. Create a new properties file using the contents of both the properties files copied to the General directory. cat DVAppPacksBundle.properties PVRMessageBundle.properties > DVCustomerBundle_ISOCountryDesignation.properties Where: ISOCountryDesignation is the ISO language name for the new properties file. For example, for Spanish localization: cat DVAppPacksBundle.properties PVRMessageBundle.properties > DVCustomerBundle_es.properties 9. Edit the DVCustomerBundle_ISOCountryDesignation.properties file, and translate the English in to the target language. CAUTION: Do not translate the cal settings, since doing so will cause unpredictable results in the display. Copyright IBM Corp. 2006,

8 Note: If you are translating to a non-romance/non-germanic language like Russian, and are on a Windows system, you must save the file as UTF-8. Then you must ftp the file to a UNIX system and run native2ascii to convert the file back in to ASCII format. 10. When you are satisfied with your translation, create a DVCustomerBundles.jar file with the new properties file: a. Change your working directory to <DataViewHome>/DVCustomerBundles: cd <DataViewHome>/DVCustomerBundles b. Create the DVCustomerBundles.jar jar file: jar cvf DVCustomerBundles.jar./General/DVCustomerBundle*.properties 11. To enable your changes, copy the DVCustomerBundles.jar to the DataView working directory by entering the following command: cp DVCustomerBundles.jar \ <tip_location>/profiles/tipprofile/installedapps/tipcell/legacydataview.ear/ legacydataview.war/web-inf/lib 12. Stop and start the Tivoli Integrated Portal server by entering the following commands: stopserver server1 -username tip_administrator_username -password \ tip_administrator_password startserver server1 -username tip_administrator_username -password \ tip_administrator_password 13. Open a supported browser and change the language settings to the language you have just localized. In Internet Explorer, for example, you would select Tools > Internet Options > Languages > Add 14. Browse to the DataView portal, which should display the language you just localized. 4 IBM Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager: Portal and Technology Pack Localization Technical Note

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