ProbeWatch messages

During normal operations, the probe generates ProbeWatch messages and sends them to the ObjectServer. These messages tell the ObjectServer how the probe is running.

The following table describes the ProbeWatch messages that the probe generates. For information about generic Netcool/OMNIbus ProbeWatch messages, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide.

Table 1. ProbeWatch messages

ProbeWatch message

Description

Triggers or causes

Going Down

The probe is shutting down.

The probe is shutting down after performing the shutdown routine.

Running ...

The probe is running normally.

The probe has just been started.

Unable to get events

A problem occurred while trying to obtain the syslogd log entries.

There was a connection failure, or a valid connection was not established.

Unable to open file file name

The probe could not open the data stream capture file.

The permissions are not set correctly on the data stream capture file.