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 information about default properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide, (SC14-7530).

Table 1. Properties and command line options

Property name

Command line option

Description

AlarmRequestFormat integer

-alarmrequestformat integer

Use this property to specify which alarms the probe requests when using the GET ALARM request:

0: This setting indicates that all alarms are requested

1: This setting indicates that pending alarms are requested

The default is 0.

AlarmStartTime string

-alarmstarttime string

Use this property to specify the time format to be used when ALL is specified with the AlarmRequestFormat property.

The default is "".

BacktrackAsyncPeriod integer

-backtrackasyncperiod integer

Use this property to specify the time (in hours) that the probe backtracks the Asynch time call when a GIF-FM buffer overflow occurs.

The default is 24.

BacktrackRestartPeriod integer

-backtrackrestartperiod integer

Use this property to specify the time (in hours) that the probe backtracks if the probe requires to restart using the recovery file and a call for ALL alarms.

The default is 24.

BlockResponseTime integer

-blockresponsetime integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits before time out, for a response from the device after sending a GET NEXT ALARM DATA message.

The default is 1.

ChatinString string

-chatinstring string

Use this property to specify the chat in script for connection to the host system.

The default is "".

ChatoutString string

-chatoutstring string

Use this property to specify the chat out script for disconnection from the host system.

The default is "".

ExpectTimeout integer

-expecttimeout integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe allows for a response to the expect part of the chat in/out script.

The default is 20.

Host string

-host string

Use this property to specify the name of the host to which the probeconnects.

The default is localhost.

HostsFile string

-hostsfile string

Use this property to specify the file that the probe uses to connect to multiple hosts.

The default is "".

Inactivity integer

-inactivity integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe allows a port to be inactive before disconnecting.

The default is 0 (probe does not disconnect if the host becomes inactive).

InvalidAlarmLogfile string

-invalidalarmlogfile string

Use this property to specify the tile to which invalid alarms are logged. The current date will be appended to this filename.

The default is $OMNIHOME/var/siemens_smnos.invalid.

InvalidAlarmLogging integer

-invalidalarmlogging integer

Use this property to specify whether the probe uses invalid alarm logging:

0: Probe does not use invalid alarm logging

1: Probe uses invalid alarm logging

The default is 0.

MaxInvalidAlarmLogFileSize integer

-maxinvalidalarmlog filesize integer

Use this property to specify the maximum size of the invalid alarm file. After this limit a new file is created.

Default is 1048576.

PingGifFm integer

-pinggiffm integer

Use this property to specify whether the probe sends a PING command in between data blocks received from the GIF/FM process:

0: Probe does not send PING commands

1: Probe sends PING commands in between blocks

The default is 0.

PingCount integer

-pingcount integer

Use this property to specify the number of ping commands to send when there is no output from GIF/FM.

The default is 0.

PingResponseTime integer

-pingresponsetime integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits for a response after a ping command.

Port integer

-port integer

Use this property to specify the port to which the probe connects.

The default is 23.

ProcessFailureThreshold integer

-processfailurethreshold integer

Use this property to specify the number of process failure messages to accept before aborting.

The default is 3.

ReadTimeout integer

-readtimeout integer

Use this property to specify the time (in milliseconds) the probe waits to read alarm data before timing out.

The default is 100.

ReconnectionAttempts integer

-reconnectionattempts integer

Use this property to specify the number of times that the probe attempts to reconnect to the socket.

The default is 0 (probe makes unlimited attempts to reconnect to the socket).

ReconnectionInterval integer

-reconnectioninterval integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) between successive reconnection attempts.

The default is 0 (probe uses standard backoff strategy).

RecoveryFile string

-recoveryfile string

Use this property to specify the file used to store timestamp of alarm reads following synchronization.

The default is $OMNIHOME/var/siemens_smnos.reco.

ResponseTime integer

-responsetime integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits for a response from the device after sending a request string.

The default is 30.

SendAbortOnDisconnect integer

-sendabortondisconnect integer

Use this property to specify whether the probe sends an ABORT PROCESSING message to GIF/FM on disconnection.

The default is 1.

StreamCapture integer

-streamcapture integer

Use this property to specify whether the stream capture feature is enabled:

0: Disable the stream capture feature

1: Enable the stream capture feature

The default is 0.

Note:
If you set this property to 1, you must specify the file in which to store the data using the StreamCaptureFilename property.

StreamCaptureFile string

-streamcapturefile string

Use this property to specify the file the probe uses to store the input stream log.

The default is $OMNIHOME/var/siemens_smnos.stream.

TimeoutSendingRequest integer

-timeoutsendingrequest integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits for a command to be successfully sent to GIF/FM.

The default is 20.