3.3.4 The EventLog Section

Use this section to specify the DECnet phase V event log that the Mail Monitor will scan. You need to make a separate entry for each named event. In other words, the configuration file should have a separate EventLog section for each Event=event-text that you need to monitor.

3.3.4.1 General Rules for the Event Log

The scanning module for any entity that is controlled by means of the Network Command Language (NCL) parses the DECnet event file. and produces the following records:

• An Event record for each event that a monitored product produces.

• A Monitor record for each event named that any monitored product produces. Note that this applies only to a specific event, which must be named in the initialization file.

3.3.4.2 Values for Event Log Checks

• Entity_Name=entity-name

• Command=system-command

  which is the command to use that determines the filename of the event log.

• Event=event-text

  which defines which event name in the event log will trigger a monitor record, regardless of the setting of Full_Log.

• File_Name=path

  which overrides the command specified above, using a specific filename for the event log.

• Full_Name=description

  which is a descriptive name of events being reported in the event log.

• Full_Log=ON|OFF

  which determines whether to report all events concerning the entity entity-name, without regard to the event being monitored (specified by Event=event-text).

• Identifier=identifier-text

  which determines which fields from the event record will be reported in the Status field of the monitor record. Any fields of the event record containing this text will be added to the Status field.

• Status=Status-text

  which determines which fields from the event record will be reported in the Status field of the monitor record. Any fields of the event record containing this text will be added to the Status field.

For example:

[EventLog XMR1]
Entity_Name=XMR
Command=mc ncl show event dispatcher sink local_sink file name
Full_Name=MAILbus 400 Message Router Gateway
Full_Log=on
Severity=4
Event=MTA Access Error
Identifier=Operation
Status=Problem