Event file format
Event file format instructs the probe on the type of event that the probe simulates and the percentage of simulation.
The event file format is as follows:
vmachine
vtype vbiasWhere vmachine is the name
of the simulated machine, and
vtype and vbias take values as described
in the following table.
vtype |
Type of event |
How vbias is used |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | The probe simulates a device sending a Link Down followed by (after some time interval) a Link Up. | The vbias specifies the percentage
probability of the device changing state from up to down, or down
to up. |
| 1 | The probe simulates a system which goes online or offline with a short reboot time. | The vbias specifies the percentage
probability of the machine going offline. |
| 2 | The probe simulates a system whose disks are filling and emptying. Events are generated when this value goes over 75% and higher severity events are generated when this value goes over 95%. | The vbias specifies the percentage
by which the simulated disk space changes during each cycle; for example,
if you specify 5, the simulated disk space will be randomly consumed
or freed by 5 percent during each cycle. |
| 3 | The probe simulates a device with resetting ports. An event is generated with the port number of the port that was reset. | The vbias specifies the percentage
probability of any one of 8 ports on the device resetting. |
| 4 and above | The probe simulates an unknown event; will currently generate an event every second. | Not used; specify 0 in the EventFile. |