Attributes

Required attributes

Required attribute

Description

SnmpConsoles 

Specifies the machine names of the SNMP managers and the severity level of the messages to be delivered. The severity levels of messages are Information, Warning, Error, and SevereError. Specifying a given severity level for messages generates delivery of all messages of equal or higher severity. 

SnmpConsoles is a required attribute if SmtpServer is not specified; otherwise, SnmpConsoles is an optional attribute. Specify both SnmpConsoles and SmtpServer if desired. 

Type and dimension: string-association 

Example: 

"172.29.10.89" = Error, "172.29.10.56" = Information 

 

SmtpServer 

Specifies the machine name of the SMTP server. 

SmtpServer is a required attribute if SnmpConsoles is not specified; otherwise, SmtpServer is an optional attribute. You can specify both SmtpServer and SnmpConsoles if desired. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: "smtp.example.com" 

 

Optional attributes

Optional attribute

Description

EngineListeningPort 

Change this attribute if the VCS engine is listening on a port other than its default port. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 14141 

 

MessagesQueue 

Size of the VCS engine's message queue. Minimum value is 30. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 30 

 

NotifierListeningPort 

Any valid, unused TCP/IP port number. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 14144 

 

SmtpFromPath 

Set to a valid email address, if you want the notifier to use a custom email address in the FROM: field. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: "usera@example.com" 

 

SmtpRecipients 

Specifies the email address where SMTP sends information and the severity level of the messages. The severity levels of messages are Information, Warning, Error, and SevereError. Specifying a given severity level for messages indicates that all messages of equal or higher severity are received. 

Note   SmtpRecipients is a required attribute if you specify SmtpServer.

Type and dimension: string-association 

Example:  

"james@example.com" = SevereError, "admin@example.com" = Warning

SmtpReturnPath 

Set to a valid email address, if you want the notifier to use a custom email address in the Return-Path: <> field. 

If the mail server specified in SmtpServer does not support VRFY, then you need to set the SmtpVrfyOff to 1 in order for the SmtpReturnPath value to take effect. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Example: "usera@example.com" 

 

SmtpServerTimeout 

This attribute represents the time in seconds notifier waits for a response from the mail server for the SMTP commands it has sent to the mail server. This value can be increased if you notice that the mail server is taking a longer duration to reply back to the SMTP commands sent by notifier. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 10 

 

SmtpServerVrfyOff 

Set this value to 1 if your mail server does not support SMTP VRFY command. If you set this value to 1, the notifier does not send a SMTP VRFY request to the mail server specified in SmtpServer attribute while sending emails.  

Type and dimension: boolean-scalar 

Default: 0 

 

SnmpCommunity 

Specifies the community ID for the SNMP manager. 

Type and dimension: string-scalar 

Default: public 

 

SnmpdTrapPort 

Port on the SNMP console machine where SNMP traps are sent.  

If you specify more than one SNMP console, all consoles use this value. 

Type and dimension: integer-scalar 

Default: 162