Table A-4 BMC Software Event Manager Adapter Properties
Property |
Specify… |
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AlarmColumns |
A comma-delimited list that determines which alarm columns display and the order in which the alarm items display (date/time, rule, etc.) in the Alarms view. The defaults are: Status, Class, Description. |
ClosedAlarmsTimeout |
The length of time, in seconds, to display an alarm after closing it in the Operations Center console. Enter ‑1 to display the alarm indefinitely. Enter 0 to remove it immediately. The default is 1800. |
ElementsTimeout |
The length of time, in seconds, to retain alarm elements. If no open alarms exist and the element’s condition does not change in n seconds, and the element has no children, then the element disappears. The element redisplays if another alarm is generated. The default is 300. ElementsTimeout < 0: Never time out. ElementsTimeout = 0: Time out immediately. ElementsTimeout > 0: Time out after specified time expires. |
HierarchyFile |
A file in the /OperationsCenter_install_path/database directory that contains an XML description of the element hierarchy to build below the adapter element. The default is examples/MCHierarchy.xml. |
MaxAlarms |
The maximum number of alarms that the adapter queries and retains. The default is 500. |
Script.onError |
A script that executes if the adapter fails for any reason. For example, the script can print the reason for the failure as msg using log.info(msg). |
Script.onInitialized |
A script that executes upon adapter initialization. All of the Script.* properties are optional. |
Script.onStarted |
A script that executes when the adapter starts. |
Script.onStopped |
A script that executes after manually stopping the adapter. |
SeverityMapping |
Maps the Event Manager severity codes to Operations Center severity codes. List the Event Manager severity code first. The default is: FATAL=CRITICAL;CRITICAL=CRITICAL;WARNING=MAJOR;MINOR=MINOR; HARMLESS=INFORMATIONAL;UNKNOWN=UNKNOWN;INFO=INFORMATIONAL |
StylesheetFile |
The stylesheet file in the /OperationsCenter_install_path/database directory that applies to the HierarchyFile as a style markup to produce the final output. |
UseAlarmTimesFor CondChanges |
The date/time stamp to use for all alarm data stored by the Operations Center Data Warehouse. If true, the alarm’s date/time stamp is used. If false, the date/time stamp of when the Operations Center server received the alarm is used. The default is true. |