Restriction: This topic applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
- On the Enterprise Server Administration screen, click
Edit to the left of the server to which you want to add the package.
- Click the
Packages tab and then click
Add.
- Specify a name for the package in
Name.
- Choose a status from the list in
Status.
- If the entry point that exposes this service is in a library that has a different name than the package itself, specify the
name of the library in
Module Package. Include the extension; library files have the extension
.lbr or
.so.
- Specify a full pathname for the interface definition table (IDT) in
IDT.
- Check
IDT Remains Resident if you want the IDT to be loaded into the repository while the service is running. This can help performance if the service
is frequently used and there are no constraints on shared memory.
- Specify a full pathname for the executable file in
Package Path. If you have set the COBPATH environment variable at enterprise server level in
Configuration Information in the Add Server or Edit Server page, you must specify $COBPATH here, to add the value set at enterprise level to the search
path for this package.
- Ignore
Configuration Information; this field is not used.
- Specify a text description of the package in
Description (optional).
- Click
Add.
Note: For each service execution, COBPATH is changed dynamically based on the path of the associated package. Idle SEPs inherit
their COBPATH setting from the environment or from the configuration of the enterprise server. There are various tools that
enable you to verify this depending on the OS.
The execution of a service overrides COBPATH for the duration of that service after which the value of COBPATH is restored.
The value of COBPATH is not displayed on the
Environment Space page within ESMAC (to display the page, click
ES Monitor & Control in the details of the running server and then click
Env.Vars.). This is because ESMAC is a service and is subject to these same rules but has no configurable package.