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).

Table 1. Properties and command line options
Property name	Command line option	Description
CleanStart `string`	-cleanstart (equivalent to CleanStart with a value of 1)	Use this property to specify whether the probe performs a cleanstart on start up; that is, ignores the recovery file and start reading events from the log file created after the probe started: 0: The probe disables the cleanstart feature. 1: The probe enables the cleanstart feature. The default is 0.
LogFile `string`	-logfile `string`	Use this property to specify the path to the log file from which the probe reads messages. The default is " ".
LogFileFormat `string`	-logfileformat `string`	Use this property to specify the format of the log file name. The default is SiteScope%Y_%m_%d.log. Where, Y denotes the year, m denotes the month and d denotes the day.
PollTime `integer`	-polltime `integer`	Use this property to specify the polling time specified in seconds. The default is 5.
RecoveryFile `string`	-recoveryfile `string`	Use this property to specify the name of the recovery file to which the probe writes recovery data. The default is $OMNIHOME/var/sitescope.reco. Note: This property is not supported on Windows NT.
ReplayFile `integer`	-replayfile (equivalent to ReplayFile with a value of 1)	Use this property to specify whether the probe reads events from the beginning of the log file: 0: The probe does not use the replay feature. 1: The probe uses the replay feature. The default is 0.
TimeFormat `string`	-timeformat `string`	Use this property to specify the timestamp conversion format (refer to the UNIX online manual page for `strptime`). The default is %H:%M:%S %d/%m/%Y.
UseLocalTime `integer`	-uselocaltime `integer`	Use this property to specify whether the probe should use local time rather than UCT when deciding which log file to open next: 0: The probe uses the UCT time. 1: The probe uses the local time. The default is 0.