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, (SC23-6373).
Property name |
Command line option |
Description |
|---|---|---|
CleanStart integer |
-cleanstart integer |
Use this property to specify whether the probe performs a clean start on start up: 0: The probe uses the recovery file to determine the position within the log file from which to start reading. 1: The probe ignores any recovery files that you may have specified and starts reading the log file from the end. The default is 0. |
LogFile string |
-logfile string |
Use this property to specify the path to the log file from which the probe reads events. The default is "". |
RecoveryFile string |
-recoveryfile string |
Use this property to specify the name of the recovery file in which the probe stores the file position and header details required to avoid reading the entire log file when the probe restarts. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/ httperrlog.reco. |
ReplayFile integer |
-replay integer |
Use this property to specify whether the probe reads the entire log file from the beginning: 0: The probe checks the recovery file and reads events starting from the last event previously read. 1: The probe reads events from the beginning of the log file, creating events for each one. The default is 1. |