Appendix A. Files Shipped with Adapters

Notes:

1.The NetView for OS/390® adapters are delivered with Tivoli NetView for OS/390 as part of the Event/Automation Service. Although these adapters are shipped as part of that product, the BAROC files and rule files for them are shipped with the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console product. For information about additional files shipped with these adapters, see the Tivoli NetView for OS/390 documentation.

The following table lists some of the files used with the shipped adapters. An x indicates the file is used by an adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Windows Event Log

Log

File

Extension

AS/400 Alert

AS/400 Message

NetWare

OpenView

 

OS/2

 

SNMP

UNIX Log File

Windows NT Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAROC

.baroc

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class definition statement

.cds

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

(CDS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

.conf 1

x

x

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

Error

.err

 

 

x

x

 

x

 

x

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format

.fmt

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Installation script

.cfg2

 

 

 

x

 

x

 

x

x

 

 

Object identifier

.oid

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration

.lrf

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rules

.rls3

x

x

 

x

 

 

 

 

x

 

 

1. The AS/400 adapters use a .mbr extension.

2. The OS/2 adapter actually uses a command file (.cmd) for performing this function.

3. A rules file is not shipped with the AS/400 message adapter. You can create a rules file if needed.

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