Handle Configuration File

The following steps show how to handle configuration files:

Starting Service Performance Manager with a TRA file

The Service Performance Manager server uses two different files, one for starting the server JVM and another for application configuration. tibspm.tra is the default file used to start the server JVM. This file provides runtime parameters to start the JVM, such as heap sizes, classpath, and so on. It also passes on the application specific configuration to the server using the application_args property. By default, this property points to spm-config.properties in SPM_HOME/config folder. You can use TIBCO Configuration Tool to change the application_args property to a different TRA file as follows:

In the SPM Start TRA File option, specify the full path of the new TRA file. Remember that the TRA file should first be created externally.
Note: To start Service Performance Manager with the new TRA file, use tibspm --propFile <new-tra-file>.

Changing or Overriding the Existing Server Configuration

Save Options for the Configuration File
Option Description
Override the original configuration file Select this option to apply the current configuration to the existing server configuration file, which by default for the first time, is spm-config.properties in SPM_HOME/config folder.
Save as a new file Select this option to create a new file with the specified name and location.

In both cases, the chosen TRA file is modified to use this server configuration by changing its application_args property accordingly.

TIBCO Configuration Tool also stores these changes such that the defaults values are loaded from the last run.

Note: The default values are not be loaded from the last run if there is a previous version of TIBCO Configuration Tool installed in this TIBCO_HOME as part of another TIBCO product installation. If so, you must explicitly load the previously stored configuration using the "Load" option and point it to the appropriate sessions files.