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 generic properties and command line options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide (SC14-7608).

Table 1. Properties and command line options

Property name

Command line option

Description

BreakCharacters string

-break string

Use this property to specify the characters that separate non-quoted tokens.

The default is ,=\r\n (comma, equals sign, backslash, carriage return, backslash, newline).

EntrySequence string

-entrysequence string

Use this property to specify the login chat string.

The default is "".

ExecCommand string

-exec string

Use this property to specify the command to be spawned.

The default is "".

ExitSequence string

-exitsequence string

Use this property to specify the logout chat string.

The default is "".

Footer string

-footer string

Use this property to specify the contents of the message footer.

The default is "".

Header string

-header string

Use this property to specify the contents of the message header.

The default is "".

Heartbeat integer

-heartbeat integer

Use this property to specify the interval (in seconds) at which the probe sends a heartbeat ProbeWatch message.

The default is 60.

MessageSize integer

-msgbufsize integer

Use this property to specify the maximum number of characters per message output.

The default is 2048 characters.

ParseAsLines integer

-parseaslines integer

Use this property to specify whether data between the header and footer is passed through a line at a time.

The default is 0.

QuoteCharacters string

-quote string

Use this property to specify characters within which event data is processed but not interpreted.

The default is '\'\" (single quote, backslash, single quote, backslash, double quote).

TerminationCharacter integer

-termination integer

Use this property to specify the character that terminates each line of output.

The default is 10.

TokenSize integer

-tokensize integer

Use this property to specify the maximum number of characters allowed in any one token.

The default is 80.

WhiteSpaces string

-white string

Use this property to specify characters to be ignored, unless they are situated within quotes.

The default is \t (space, backslash, tab).