The Alert Task agent is a WebSphere® Premises Server task agent that formats incoming alert messages and the files used to log those messages.
For the properties below, you can enter either strings or variables. If you enter a variable, the value is substituted from the database when the XML configuration file is generated. Refer to Using variables for property values for details on what variables can be substituted.
Property | Description |
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flag | Turns alert logging on or off. The valid values are true or false. If true, the default Alert log level will be INFO. If false, the default Alert log level will be SEVERE. The default value is true. |
formatter.delimiter.close | The closing delimiter to use when making an entry in the log. The default value is a close bracket ( ] ). |
formatter.delimiter.open | The opening delimiter to use when making an entry in the log. The default value is an open bracket ( [ ). |
formatter.format | The alert log columns format sequence. The default value is: dts,type,controller,msg, where dts is the date, type is alert type, controller is the controller id, and msg is the alert message |
formatter.timestamp | The format of the time stamp in the log. The default is MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy |
handler.append | Specifies whether the FileHandler should append onto any existing files. The default value is True |
handler.count | Specifies how many output files to cycle through. The default value is 10. |
handler.limit | Specifies an approximate maximum amount to write in bytes to any one file. If the value is set to zero, then there is no limit . The default value is 2MB. |
handler.pattern | Specifies a pattern for generating the output file name. The default value is %t/edge-alerts.log. |