Configuring Script Files

Monitoring environment label

Enter the name of the label for the log file that you want to monitor.

Monitoring file logical name

Enter the logical name of the instance that you want to monitor. A maximum of 80 characters are allowed in this field.

Script file (full path)

Enter the full path and the filename of the script that you want to monitor.

A maximum of 900 characters are supported in this field.

To successfully run and monitor a script file output, ensure that the script can run without any runtime dependency. For example, the script file \temp\cpumonitor.bat can run without any runtime dependency. Therefore, it is monitored by the KM. However, if the script file requires a command to run or has any other runtime dependency, the KM does not monitor it. For example, if the \temp\cputmonitor.py script is executed by running the following command:

python \temp\cputmonitor.py

Such a script output is not monitored by the KM.

Arguments

Enter script arguments. Separate multiple arguments with a space.

Path contains environment variables

Select the check box if the full path contains environment variable and the path defined by the environment variable is resolved at run time.

Data collection interval for local monitoring (min)

For local monitoring, set the data collection interval in minutes. For remote monitoring, the data is collected every 2 minutes only. For large systems, BMC recommends that you use the 10 or 30 minutes option.

If no match on next scan return to OK

Select the check box if the KM goes into an alarm or a warning state because the search string is found and you want the KM state to return to OK if the search string is not found on the next scan.

Text settings

Number of lines in log entry

Specify the number of lines that you want to be displayed when a match is found. For example, if you want to determine when a disk is full and where the disk is mounted, enter Error: Disc Full as the search string and 2 in this field. When a disk is full, the product displays the following message in the LOGMatchString text parameter: Id=id1 
031605: Error: Disc Full 
Id=;MatchedLines 
/hd001 mounted as /opt 
SUMMARY:id1=1;

Note: If either the search string or the nullify string occurs again within the number of lines selected to be displayed, the KM does not find the instances of the search strings for all the search identifiers.

Search criteria to nullify an Alarm/Warning state

Specify the string to nullify the alarm for the dual search feature. You can configure dual search for an instance so that the KM goes into the alarm state when any of the search criteria is found in the monitored file and nullifies the alarm when the nullify string is found in the monitored file.

You must specify the first string in the Search String 1 > String text box of the Pattern search criteria section and the nullify string in this text box. For the nullified customized events, the default custom event message is used (as provided in the Custom Event Message text box in the Pattern search criteria section).

If you specify Alarm up in the String1 text box and Alarm down in this text box, the KM goes into an alarm state when Alarm up is found in the monitored file and the alarm is nullified when Alarm down is found in the monitored file.

Multiline Search

Start delimiter

Specify the start limit to search a block of lines containing a match string.

Stop delimiter

Specify the end limit to search a block of lines containing a match string.

Remote monitoring

Remote host name

Enter the host name for remote monitoring. This field is applicable only for UNIX and Linux platforms. UNIX KM must be installed and the Remote Monitoring policy must be defined.

Search criteria strings

Regex type

Select the regex type that you want to use to prepare the search criteria.

Note: The ECMAScript option is not supported on the HP-UX platform.

Pattern search criteria

Click Add to add the pattern search criteria.

Search identifier name

Enter a unique label in the text box and configure a search string to define what type of messages the KM would search for.

Search string 1 and 2

In the String text box, enter the search string in one of the following formats:

• A combination of XML elements and values that you want to find in the monitored file. For configuring XML search strings, see Rules for entering XML search strings.
• Search pattern(s) - Each search pattern must be a valid regular expression. Enclose each pattern in parentheses ({}).

If you do not want to match the entered string, select the NOT check box.

Number search

Custom Event handling configuration

Expand the Custom Event handling configuration section to specify how to handle custom events.

Override Global Event handling configuration

Select this check box to custom-define the settings for each search criterion.

You can custom-define a search criterion with the settings that are different from the default settings.

Threshold #1 and Threshold #2

Enter the minimum number of text search string matches in a data collection interval required to produce a specified state. You can specify a different state and a different number of matches in Threshold #1 and Threshold #2. Ensure that value in Threshold #2 is greater than Threshold #1. To search for a minimum number of text strings across a number of collection intervals, enter values in the x:y format.

Threshold #1 State and Threshold #2 State

Select the state of the KM when a threshold is reached.

Custom Event message

Enter the message that you want to be displayed in the events when your search string conditions are satisfied. For more information, see Customizing event messages.

Custom Event origin

Enter the customized origin for events. If you do not specify the origin, the KM uses the instance name as the default origin of events, which is APPCLASS.INSTANCE.textFileName.

You can use built-in macros (except the %x[-%y] macro) as the customized origin for events.

Ignore duplicate Events for next (min)

Specify the time threshold for which duplicate events are ignored.

Note: You can also modify the default search criterion settings after you configure the instance.

Global Event handling configuration for all search criteria's

Threshold # 1 and Threshold #2

Enter the minimum number of text search string matches in a data collection interval required to produce a specified state. You can specify a different state and a different number of matches in Threshold #1 and Threshold #2. Ensure that value in Threshold #2 is greater than Threshold #1. To search for a minimum number of text strings across a number of collection intervals, enter values in the x:y format.

Threshold # 1 state and Threshold #2 state

Select the state of the KM when a threshold is reached.

Custom Event message

Enter the message that you want to be displayed in the events when your search string conditions are satisfied. For more information, see Customizing event messages.

Custom Event origin

Enter the customized origin for events. If you do not specify the origin, the KM uses the instance name as the default origin of events, which is APPCLASS.INSTANCE.textFileName.

You can use built-in macros (except the %x[-%y] macro) as the customized origin for events.

Ignore duplicate Events for next (min)

Specify the time threshold for which duplicate events are ignored.

Note: You can also modify the default search criterion settings after you configure the instance.