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
DateStreamCapture `integer`	-datestream capture `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the probe appends a date and time to the stream capture filename. This property takes the following values: 0: Probe does not append the date and time to the stream capture filename 1: Probe appends the date and time to the stream capture filename The default is 0. Note: Setting the DateStreamCapture property to 1 prevents the stream capture file from being overwritten.
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 DNS of the BSM device host. The default is localhost. Note: You must change the default value to a fixed IP address or host name. For example, a typical IPv6 address would look as follows: '2001:15f8:106:192:214:5eff:fef5: 856'.
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 (the 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 interface through the socket. The default is 0 (which disables this feature).
InvalidAlarmLogFile `string`	-invalidalarm logfile `string`	Use this property to specify the file to which the probe logs invalid alarms. The current date and time is appended to this filename. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/samsung.invalid.
InvalidAlarmLogging `integer`	-invalidalarm logging `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the probe logs invalid alarms. This property takes the following values: 0: Probe does not log invalid alarms 1: Probe logs invalid alarms The default is 0.
MaxInvalidAlarmLogFileSize `integer`	-maxinvalidalarm logfilesize `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum size (in bytes) for the invalid alarm file. When this limit is reached, the probe creates a new file with a new date and time. The default is 1048576.
MaxStreamCapFileSize `integer`	-maxstreamcap filesize `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum size (in bytes) of the stream capture file. When this limit is reached, the probe creates a new file. The default is 0 (infinite). Note: If the probe reads a stream whose size exceeds the remaining allowable space in the file, it creates a new one, thus storing the whole stream in a single file.
Port `integer`	-port `integer`	Use this property to specify the port to which the probe connects. The default is 23.
ReconnectionAttempts `integer`	-reconnection attempts `integer`	Use this property to specify the maximum number of times that the probe attempts to reconnect to the socket. The default is 0 (the probe makes unlimited attempts to reconnect to the socket).
ReconnectionInterval `integer`	-reconnection interval `integer`	Use this property to specify the time (in seconds) between successive reconnection attempts. The default is 0 (the probe uses standard backoff strategy).
StreamCaptureFile `string`	-streamcapture file `string`	Use this property to specify the file that the probe uses to store the input data stream. The default is "".