NerveCenter^TM: Integration with Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus - Inform Messages - Debug Probe Output -
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Debug Probe Output

By running the probe in debug mode, you can confirm that the probe is receiving the correct data from NerveCenter. This helps you establish that:

• NerveCenter is communicating with the probe -- it's especially important to determine this when NerveCenter and Netcool components are installed on different machines.
• The probe is receiving the correct information from NerveCenter -- this helps identify whether you have the correct versions of both the probe and NerveCenter.

The command for running the probe in debug mode is:

This command forces Netcool/OMNIbus to log the parsed values received from the probe to a file named nervecenter.log, located in the $OMNIHOME directory.

The NerveCenter inform variables are logged each time NerveCenter issues an inform to the probe. Each log entry is appended to the nervecenter.log file. The log file lists each variable received from NerveCenter along with the variable's current value. You can compare the variables and values against the NerveCenter inform data for each of your inform actions.