Conference csc32::consolemanager

640.0. "Weird Translation on Eventlist Display" by 42326::BOWENS (I'm sorry BUT...) Tue Mar 07 1995 14:25

    Hello Folks,
    
    I have a customer who is getting strange displays on the Event list.
    
    He is currently running PCM V1.5a VMS V6.1 (VAX) and this has been
    happening since he upgraded from VCS 1.4 to PCM.
    
    The Eventlist display seems to truncate the text which is displayed.
    As you can see from the examples below PCM is receiving and logging the
    complete text message  but is not displaying everything on the Eventlist
    display. This problem occurs on more than one system and more than one
    event. All systems are connected via DECserver ports, below is an example 
    of the setup of a DECserver port.
    
    
    Example of output in Eventlist display:
    
    CPF004 Thu Feb 23 1995 08:13:54 Minor   %WATCHER-E-ALARM - Process
    DECPS-DC can
    not be found o
    CPF004 Thu Feb 23 1995 08:18:55 Minor   %WATCHER-E-ALARM - Process
    DECPS-DC can
    not be found on
    CPF004 Thu Feb 23 1995 08:23:55 Minor   %WATCHER-E-ALARM - Process
    DECPS-DC can
    not be found on CPF004
    CPF004 Thu Feb 23 1995 08:28:55 Minor   %WATCHER-E-AL
    CPF004 Thu Feb 23 1995 08:33:56 Minor   %WATCHER-E-ALARM - Process
    DECPS-DC can
    no
    
    Example data extracted via CONSOLE EXTRACT CPF004
    
    ZBCM01> console extra/sin=08:13/bef=8:33 cpf004/time
    POLYCENTER Console Manager
    Extract facility Version V1.5-000
    Copyright (c) 1994 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights Reserved
    
    
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  23-FEB-1995 08:17:16.87 
    %%%%%%%%%%%
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on CPF004
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  -SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  23-FEB-1995 08:17:21.94 
    %%%%%%%%%%%
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  Message from user SYSTEM on CPF004
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  Login breakin attempt detected on PC file server
    from clie
    nt node 2.809 on accou
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  nt WAKELY_P
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  Reply received on CPF004 from user SYSTEM at
    CPF004 Batch
      08:22:14
    23-Feb-1995 08:23:55  %WATCHER-E-ALARM - Process DECPS_DC can not be
    found on CP
    F004
    
    
    Has anybody got an explaination for these strange happenings?
    Thanks in advance for your help.
    
    Susan

This has been discussed several times in this conference. It is to do with the
fact that we immediatly notify when an event match occurs and do not wait until
the end of a line. Hence when the eventlist calls back to the log file for the
data to display the rest of the line probably has not even been seen on the
console. 

the work around is to set the events up as regular expressions and to bound the
event match with the end of line metacharacter. Then the event match will not
occur until EOL is seen.

Cheers simon...

    Hi Simon,
    
    My search string obviously wasn't the best one I could have used.
    My appologies for repeating the problem.
    
    However could you please give me a more detailed example of
    the workaround or point me in the direction of one.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Susan

    Here ya go:
    
    We have an event whose search string is
    
    Security alarm on
    
    and it's type is "Literal".  Using the PCM Editor change the type to
    "Regular Expression" and the search to the following:
    
    Security alarm on*^
    
    The event will trigger when the string 
    
    Security alarm on
    
    followed by *ANY NUMBER OR COMBINATION* of characters terminated by a
    carriage-return, line-feed or form-feed. All action routines will
    now receive the complete line of text that triggered the event.
    
    For the best info read chapter 8, section 8.1 in the PCM User Guide!
    
    Regards,
       Dan