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Data acquisition

The probe gathers events from Cisco Transport Manager using a CORBA interface.

Data acquisition is described in the following topics:

Connecting to the CORBA interface
The probe connects to Cisco Transport Manager using either an Interoperable Object Reference (IOR) file or a Naming Service.
Retrieving alarms
If the Resynch property is set to true, the probe initially receives a list of all active alarms from the server in the order of their severity.
Status checking
The probe checks that the Cisco Transport Manager server is running by sending a ping command every 60 seconds. You can change the frequency of this test using the AgentHeartbeat property.
Timeout
The probe has a timeout facility that allows it to disconnect from the system if there has been no activity for a predefined amount of time.
Backoff strategy
If the Retry property is set to true and the probe fails to establish a connection or loses an existing connection to the device, it reverts to a backoff strategy.
Command line interface
The probe is supplied with a command line interface (CLI). This interface allows you to execute commands using the probe.
Peer-to-peer failover functionality
The probe supports failover configurations where two probes run simultaneously. One probe acts as the master probe, sending events to the ObjectServer; the other acts as the slave probe on standby. If the master probe fails, the slave probe activates.
Running multiple probes
You can run multiple instances of the probe.

Parent topic: Cisco Transport Manager 9.0 (CORBA)