A.4 BMC Software Event Manager

Table A-4 BMC Software Event Manager Adapter Properties

Property

Specify…

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.