Verifying the ICU_DATA variable setting

Verifying the ICU_DATA variable setting

To run alerts as a Windows service or UNIX daemon, the e-Biz Impact ICU_DATA system variable must be set. Although this variable is usually set during installation, you should verify that it exists and is set properly.

Verifying the ICU_DATA variable on Windows

Select Start | Settings, then double-click Control Panel.

When the Control Panel window opens, double-click the System icon.

When the System Properties window opens, select the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables.

In the System Variables section of the window, look for the ICU_DATA variable.

If the ICU_DATA variable is there, verify that the value is x:\Sybase\ImpactServer-5_4\share\icu\data, where “x” is the drive and directory where the e-Biz Impact server is installed.

If the ICU_DATA variable is not there, click New below the System Variables section of the Environment Variables window. In the New System Variable dialog box, enter ICU_DATA in the Variable Name field, and enter x:\Sybase\ImpactServer-5_4\share\icu\data in the Variable Value field, where “x” is the drive and directory where the e-Biz Impact server is installed.

Click OK.

Click OK to close the Environment Variable window, then click OK to close the System Properties window.

Close the Control Panel window.

If you had to add or change the ICU_DATA variable, restart the machine.

Verifying the ICU_DATA variable on UNIX systems

This procedure is for the C-shell user environment. If your UNIX system uses a different shell (for example, the Bourne shell or Korn shell), see your UNIX system documentation for instructions on setting the ICU_DATA variable.

To see which shell is the default on your system, type echo $SHELL in a terminal window.

You can set the ICU_DATA variable each time you open a terminal session and start the cluster, or you can set the ICU_DATA variable permanently for all terminal sessions by adding the ims wrapper script path to the $HOME/.cshrc file.

To permanently add the ims executable to your path:

Open the $HOME/.cshrc file in a text editor.
Add the following line to the .cshrc after the list of other commands:
```
setenv ICUDATA /~/Sybase/ImpactServer-5_4/share/icu/data)
```
where “~” is where the e-Biz Impact server is installed.
Save the .cshrc file and close the text editor.
Log out of the system and log back in to establish the new path.

To set the ICU_DATA variable for only the current session, open a terminal window and enter the following command on one line:

setenv ICUDATA /~/Sybase/ImpactServer-5_4/share/icu/data

where “~” is where the e-Biz Impact server is installed.