Executable file

The executable file is the core of a probe. This file connects to the event source, acquires and processes events, and forwards the events to the ObjectServer as alerts.

On 32-bit UNIX and Linux operating systems, probes are installed to the $NCHOME/omnibus/probes/arch directory.

On 64-bit UNIX and Linux operating systems, probes are installed to the $NCHOME/omnibus/platform/arch/probes64 directory.

On Windows operating systems, probes are installed to the %NCHOME%\omnibus\probes\win32 directory.

On all operating systems, you must use the nco_p_* wrapper scripts in $NCHOME/omnibus/probes/ to start probes, for example:

$NCHOME/omnibus/probes/nco_p_ping

When the probe starts, it obtains information about how to configure its environment from its properties and rules files. The probe uses this configuration information to customize the data that it forwards to the ObjectServer.