BSSM_PingManager

BSSM_PingManager

The BSSM_PingManager process is executed by the BSSM Process ever x minutes to start check on the devices. The BSSM_PingManager will download the list of devices that is manages from the database into an xml file and then it will start going through the xml file and passing parameter to the BSSM_Pinger Most of the Setting are in the app.config file, and there are some switches to update the settings in the registry and/or the app.config file.

Switches

Switch	Description
/help	Displays this information
/id=	Sets the Data Collector ID in the Config file
/version	Displays Current Version
/showappsettings	Show the settings for the config file
/mod	Modify Settings
/key=Name	App Setting Name use with /mod
/value=NewValue	New App Setting Value use with /mod
/moddb	Modify/add Database Settings
/server=name	New Server Setting Value use with /moddb
/db=name	Optional New Database Name Setting Value use with /moddb

app.config

Key	Value	Description
DataCollectorID	0	Collection ID, Used when you have more then one collector install on other servers, if all on one then leave as 0
Throttle	5	The number is Ping processes it will spawn out at one time
PingXTimes	10	Parameter Passed to the Pinger for the number of times to ping the device
DataLimits	1000	Used for DataPull Option DB, limit the number of rows pulled back for the dataset
DataPull	XML	Data Pull methods are DB and XML, XML Dumps results to XML file, DB will just pull direct from database
XMLFILENAME	list_servers.xml	The file name of the Data Dump
DEBUG	false	Enable Debugging Log
CONSOLE	false	Push Messages to console window ( not useful when running as a service )
LOGFILE	logs\pingermanager.err.log	Application Error Log, if it breaks, check here
BUGFILE	logs\pingermanager.debug.log	Application Debug Log, extra messages are sent to this log file to allow you to see what it is doing.
DB_SERVER"	localhost	MySQL Database Server Name
DB_NAME	BSSM	MySQL Database Name for this application.