Sun Management Center 3.6 System Reliability Manager User's Guide

ProcedureTo Add a New File to the List of Files to Be Monitored

Steps
  1. If the Watched File Table is not already displayed, display it as described in To Access the File Watch Module.

  2. Press mouse button 3 on the header or any selected row in the Watched File table.

    A pop-up menu is displayed.

  3. Choose New Row.

    This command adds a file.

  4. Provide the following attribute values to describe the format of the file to be monitored.

    Field 

    Description 

    Name 

    Name of the file. 

    File Name 

    Complete path to the file. 

    Delimiter 

    Type of the delimiter. 

    File Comment Char 

    Type of the character that delimits the comment line. The only possible values are tab, colon, semicolon, comma, hash, and pipe.

    Number of Fields 

    The number of fields in each file entry. 

    Num Key Field 

    The number of fields composing the key. The key is assumed to be at the beginning of the record. 

    Field Names 

    Meaningful names for the different columns in the file. 

    Hide values flag 

    The following values are possible: 

    • FALSE = Display the value.

    • TRUE = Do not display the value. This setting is used to prevent users with insufficient privileges from viewing information.

    Addition Severity 

    Info, Warning, Error, None 

    Deletion Severity 

    Info Warning, Error, None 

    Change Severity 

    Info, Warning, Error, None 

    Validation Script 

    The path to the validation script to be used to validate the file. 

    Record Format 

    Format of the record, if fileparse is specified as the only required validation script.

    Exit Code 

    The number returned by a script when the script finishes. 

    Event Monitoring 

    The state of the file watch mode for the file. The following values are possible: 

    • On = event monitoring is enabled.

    • Off = event monitoring is disabled.