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

FlushTime integer

-flushtime integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits to receive the event terminator before sending the event to the ObjectServer.

The default is 5.

Note:
If this property is set to 0, the probe only sends events to the ObjectServer on receipt of an event terminator.

Host string

-host string

Use this property to specify the name of the host to which the probe connects.

The default is localhost.

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 port becomes inactive).

InactivityRetry integer

-inactivityretry integer

Use this property to specify the number of consecutive periods of inactivity the probe allows before attempting to reconnect to the host.

The default is 0 (which disables this feature).

Port integer

-port integer

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

The default is 1675.

ReadTimeout integer

-readtimeout integer

Use this property to specify the time (in milliseconds) the probe waits before a socket-read times out.

The default is 100 (0.1 seconds).

Note:
The default value for this property is set low to maximize performance; it ensures that the probe quickly moves on to the next socket. Only increase this value if you have a slow network.

ReconnectionAttempts integer

-reconnectionattempts integer

Use this property to specify the maximum 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).