Variables Used in Surveillance Notification Format Descriptions

Table 1 shows the possible values and meanings for each of the variables shown in format definition for Surveillance notifications.

Table 1. Variables Used in Surveillance Notifications

Field

Description

<Event Number>

Four-digit number that identifies the specific Surveillance notification and also indicates the type of Surveillance notification, as shown in Table 1 .

<Time Stamp>

Indicates time that the event was detected, in format:

hh:mm Mon DD, YYYY where fields are as follows:

Field

Meaning

Possible Values

hh

Hour

00 through 23

mm

Minute

00 through 59

Mon

Month

First three letters of month’s name

DD

Day

01 through 31

YYYY

Year

Any four digits

<Host Name>

First seven letters of the name of the host (one of two redundant servers) that noted the event. (In addition, the documentation of the individual event includes information about whether the event is reported by the active server or inactive server, or both servers.)

<Message Text String>

Text string (which may contain one or more variables defined in Table 1) that provides a small amount of information about the event. For more information about the event, look up the corresponding event number in this appendix; for each event number, this appendix shows the text string as it appears in a Surveillance notification, as well as a more detailed explanation and suggested recovery.