IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, Version 7.4

Log file probes

A log file probe acquires events by reading a log file that is created by the target system.

For example, the Probe for Heroix RoboMon Element Manager reads the Heroix RoboMon Element Manager event file.

Most log file probes run on the machine where the log file resides; this is not necessarily the same machine as the target system. The target system appends events to the log file. Periodically, the probe opens the log file, acquires and processes the events stored in it, and forwards the relevant events to the ObjectServer as alerts. You can configure how often the probe checks the log file for new events, and how events are processed.