The Heartbeat Task agent is a WebSphere® Premises Server agent that listens for heartbeat events that are sent from Data Capture and Delivery Controllers.
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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device.name | Specifies what name will be shown in heartbeat log |
device.placeholder | If there is no device username defined, this placeholder is shown in the heartbeat log for the device |
formatter.message.down | The string to use for the down controller, device, or location. The default value is DOWN. |
formatter.message.up | The string to use for the up controller, device, or location. The default value is UP. |
formatter.placeholder | If there is no location or reader defined for the controller, this placeholder will be shown in the heartbeat log for the location and reader column. |
formatter.timestamp | The format of the time stamp in the log file. The default value 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 1. |
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 500KB. |
handler.pattern | Specifies a pattern for generating the output file name. The default is edge-heartbeats.%g.log. |