Properties and command line options

You use properties to specify how the probe interacts with the device. You can override the default values by using the properties file or the command line options.

The following table describes the properties and command line options specific to this probe. For more information about generic Netcool/OMNIbus properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide.

Table 1. Properties and command line options
Property name	Command line option	Description
AlarmLog `string`	-alarmlog `string`	This property specifies the file from which the probe reads alarm data. The default is " ".
AlarmRecoveryFile `string`	-alarmrecoveryfile `string`	This property specifies the file in which the probe stores recovery information for alarm data. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/alarm.reco
AliveHeartbeat `integer`	-aliveheartbeat `integer`	This property specifies the frequency (in seconds) with which the probe sends a probe watch message to the ObjectServer to indicate that it is still active. The default is 0. Note: The probe rounds up any value that you specify to the nearest 5 seconds. For example, if you specify 13 in this field, the probes sends a probe watch message every 15 seconds.
CleanStart `integer`	-nocleanstart (equivalent to CleanStart with a value of 0) -cleanstart (equivalent to CleanStart with a value of 1)	This property specifies whether the probe performs a clean start on start-up: 0: The probe reads events in the recovery file on start-up. 1: The probe ignores the recovery file and reads events created after the probe started. The default is 0.
LogfileCheck `integer`	-logfilecheck `integer`	This property specifies the frequency (in seconds) with which the probe checks the log file when running in normal mode. The default is 10. Note: The probe rounds up any value that you specify to the nearest 5 seconds. For example, if you specify 13 in this field, the probes checks the log file every 15 seconds.
PathLog `string`	-pathlog `string`	This property specifies the file from which the probe reads path status data. The default is " ".
PathRecoveryFile `string`	-pathrecoveryfile `string`	This property specifies the file in which the probe stores recovery information for path status data. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/path.reco.
PollTimeout `integer`	-polltimeout `integer`	This property specifies the length of time (in seconds) the probe waits before attempting to open the log file again. The default is 5.
Replay `integer`	-noreplay (equivalent to Replay with a value of 0) -replay (equivalent to Replay with a value of 1)	This property specifies whether the probe performs a replay on start-up: 0: The probe reads the recovery file. 1: The probe ignores any recovery file and starts reading events from the beginning of the log file. The default is 0.
RetryTimeout `integer`	-retrytimeout `integer`	This property specifies the length of time (in seconds) the probe waits after receiving a critical error before restarting. The default is 0.