3.3.5 The NCL_Entity Section (on DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Systems)

Use this section to specify the name of an NCL entity that the Mail Monitor will scan.

3.3.5.1 General Rules for NCL Entity Checks

The following general rules apply to all NCL entity checks:

• For all checks, Mail Monitor produces an NCL record.

• For counters, Mail Monitor produces an NCL record and an ncl_counter record with speed and acceleration of the changes to the counter values.

• If an entity does not exist or is not found, Mail Monitor produces a Monitor record.

• If an attribute does not exist or is not found, Mail Monitor produces a Monitor record.

3.3.5.2 Values for NCL Entity Checks

• Full_Name=name

  The full name of the entity. Note that this denotes the NCL entity, and not the entity name used to manage the scanning module.

• Entity_Name=name

  The name of the entity to use inside NCL. This replaces the ncl_ entity name in cases where you need to specify the entity name using non-alphabetic characters.

• NCL_Severity=value

  The severity code, which can be 2 (warning) through 4 (fatal error).

• Checking_Severity=code

  The severity code for error levels, as defined in the note at the beginning of Section 3.3.

• Node_Name=nodename

  The list of nodes where Mail Monitor must make the NCL checks.

• Full_Attribute_Name=check

  where check is either of the following:

  • type [check-value]

  • value

  Specifying a type

  These are the types you can check for:

  • string

  • integer

  • boolean

  • time

  • counter

  You can, optionally, specify a check-value to define the value the attribute should have. You must use parentheses for the value. For example:

  state=boolean (ON)
  

  You can specify up to 3 values for counters, with this format:

  count=counter (warning-level,error-level,fatal-level)
  

  For example, if you specify (5,10,50) you receive a monitor record with a "warning" severity value if the counter is greater than 5, an "error" severity value if greater than 10, and a "fatal" severity value if greater than 50.

  Specifying a value (regardless of type)

  If type is none of the above, Mail Monitor assumes it is a value, and checks that the Full_Attribute_Name has this value.