This option allows an adapter to send all events to the primary event server even if the primary event server is stopped briefly, such as when loading a new rule base.

If you use this option to wait for restarting an event server, set the value for a period of time longer than necessary for the event server to be stopped and then restarted.

The RetryInterval keyword is optional. The default is 120 seconds.

ServerLocation

Specifies the name of the host on which the event server is installed. The value of this field must be one of the formats shown in the following table, depending on whether the adapter is a TME adapter or a non-TME adapter, and whether the event server is part of an interconnected Tivoli management region:

Adapter Type

Format

 

 

TME

EventServer

 

 

TME in an interconnected

EventServer#region_name

Tivoli management region

 

 

 

non-TME

host_name or IP_address. Use the dotted format

 

for IP_address.

 

 

Note: AS/400 adapters are non-TME adapters.

For TME adapters on managed nodes and non-TME adapters, ServerLocation can contain up to eight values, separated by commas. The first location is the primary event server, while others are secondary servers to be used in the order specified when the primary server is down.

For endpoint adapters, secondary event servers, if any, are defined in the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console gateway configuration file. Only specify a primary event server in an endpoint adapter configuration file.

The default is EventServer. To use a non-TME value for ServerLocation, see “Configuration File” on page 97 for more information.

The ServerLocation keyword is required.

Note: ServerLocation defines the path and name of the file for logging events, instead of the event server, when used with the TestMode keyword.

ServerPort

Specifies the port number on a non-TME adapter on which the event server listens for events. Set this keyword value to zero (0), the default value unless the portmapper is not available on the event server, which is the case if the event server is running on Windows or the event server is a Tivoli Availability Intermediate Manager (see the following note). If the port number is specified as zero (0) or it is not specified, the port number is retrieved using the portmapper.

The ServerPort keyword can contain up to eight values, separated by commas. For non-TME adapters that send events to a UNIX event server, use the default value of zero (0) (only one value of zero, even if multiple UNIX event servers are specified with the ServerLocation keyword). For

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Enterprise Console specifications

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