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.

Table 1. Properties and command line options

Property name

Command line option

Description

FlushBufferInterval integer

-flushbufferinterval integer

Use this property to specify how often (in seconds) that the probe flushes all alerts in the buffer to the ObjectServer.

The default is 0 (which instructs the probe to never flush alerts to the ObjectServer).

Inactivity integer

-inactivity integer

Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) the probe waits to receive an event before disconnecting from the target system and sending a ProbeWatch message to the ObjectServer.

The default is 0 (The probe does not disconnect .)
Note: If you do not specify this property the probe will not generate a ProbeWatch message if the target system goes down.

MeiInstanceName string

-meiinstancename string

Use this property to specify the instance name when registering with MEI. The instance name will be generated with the "ncoe" prefix followed by the timestamp of the MEI connection.

The default is "".

Note: Defining a fixed instance name allows the probe to reuse an existing instance queue file that was previously registered with HPOM. This applies to peer-to-peer configurations, and will prevent HPOM from sending a disconnect message event.

MsiInstanceName string

-msiinstancename string

Use this property to specify the instance name when registering with MSI. The instance name will be generated with the "nco" prefix followed by the timestamp of the MSI connection.

The default is "".

Note: Defining a fixed instance name will allow the probe to reuse an existing instance queue file that was previously registered with HPOM. This applies for peer-to-peer configurations.

Opcpassword string

-opcpassword string

Use this property to specify the password required with the Opcuser property to log in to the system.

The default is "".

Opcuser string

-opcuser string

Use this property to specify the username with which the probe logs in to the system.

The default is "".

Retry string

-noretry (This is equivalent to Retry with a value of false.)

-retry (This is equivalent to Retry with a value of true.)

Use this property to specify whether the probe attempts to reconnect to the system using a backoff strategy following a reported error. This property takes the following values:

false: The probe shuts down and does not attempt to reconnect.

true: The probe attempts to reconnect to the system using the backoff strategy, up to a maximum time of 2048 seconds.

The default is false.