Summary

Each probe works in a different way to acquire event data from its source, and therefore has specific features, default values, and changeable properties. Use this summary information to learn about this probe.

The following table summarizes the probe.

Note: On HP-UX and HP-UX Integrity, syslogd does not support logging to a named pipe.

Table 1. Summary
Probe target	Syslog Daemon (syslogd)
Probe executable name	nco_p_syslog
Package version	8.0
Probe supported on	For details of supported operating systems, see the following Release Notice on the IBM Software Support Website: https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21462455
Properties file	$OMNIHOME/probes/`arch`/syslog.props
Rules file	$OMNIHOME/probes/`arch`/syslog.rules
Requirements	A currently supported version of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.
Connection method	Reads a log file or a named pipe (FIFO).
Remote connectivity	No
Peer-to-peer failover functionality	Available
Multicultural support	Not Available
IP environment	IPv4 and IPv6 For communication between the probe and Netcool/OMNIbus, IPv6 is supported on all operating systems. For communication between the probe and the target device, IPv6 is supported on all supported operating systems except Microsoft Windows.
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)	The IBM® Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus Syslog Probe is compatible with FIPS.

Note: If the Network Accelerator Cache is running on the system on which you are going to install the probe, the probe installation would fail. To avoid this problem, disable the Network Accelerator Cache option before installing the probe.