Setting plug-in configuration parameters

You can set optional configuration parameters for the Event Gateway plug-ins using the ncp_gwplugins.pl script.

About this task

Use the ncp_gwplugins.pl script to set optional configuration parameters. The script is located at $NCHOME/precision/scripts/perl/scripts/ncp_gwplugins.pl.

To run the script to set configuration parameters, issue a command similar to the following. This example sets the update interval for the ncmonitor.activeEvent table to 10 seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

$NCHOME/precision/perl/bin/ncp_perl $NCHOME/precision/scripts/perl/scripts/ncp_gwplugins.pl -domain NCOMS [ -global ] -plugin "Adaptive Polling" -set -name ActiveEventUpdateInterval -value 10

Command-line options

The following table describes the command-line options for the ncp_gwplugins.pl script used in this example. For help, run the script as follows:
  • For a brief list of the available options, run the command without any options.
  • For a full set of command line options, run the script with the -help option.
Table 1. ncp_gwplugins.pl command-line options
Command-line option Description
-domain DomainName

Mandatory; the name of a domain related to the plug-in. This domain is used to enable the script to read the relevant DbLogins,cfg file in order to connect to and update the relevant Event Gateway plug-in databases. You must specify a domain, even if you want to change a value for plug-ins in all domains.

-global Optional. Sets the parameter for this plug-in in all domains. If you do not include the -global parameter, the parameter is set for the plug-in in only the specified domain.
-nameParameterName Name of the parameter to set.
-plugin PluginName
Name of the plug-in.
Note: You can only run the script for one plug-in at a time.
Plug-in names for use in this command line option are as follows. If the plug-in name is made up of more than one word, then the name must be enclosed in double quotes; for example: "Adaptive Polling".
  • Adaptive Polling
  • Compatibility Check
  • Disco
  • Failover
  • PostNcimProcessing
  • RCA
  • SAE Aggregated Link
  • SAE IP Path
  • SAE ITNM Service
  • SAE MPLS VPN
  • zNetView
-set Indicates that a variable is to be set.
-valueParametervalue Value to set for this parameter.