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Configuring ITO
Flexible-management Configuration
This is also used to escalate messages from one manager to another.
• MSGTARGETMANAGER
Management server to which you forward a message.
NOTE Always specify the IP address of the target management server as
0.0.0.0. The real IP address is then resolved by the domain name
service (DNS).
• TIMETEMPLATE
The name of the corresponding time template. You can use the
variable $OPC_ALWAYS if the time condition is always true. When
you use this keyword, message transfer to the target manager will
not depend on the time.
• OPCMGR
The node name of the ITO Manager. You can use the keyword,
$OPC_PRIMARY_MGR to denote that this will always be the
primary manager.
• MSGCONTROLLINGMGR
Attribute of a message target manager enabling it to switch
control of a message.
• NOTIFYMGR
Attribute of a message target manager enabling it to notify itself.
This is set by default if no attribute is defined for the message
target manager.
• ACKNONLOCALMGR
Attribute for a message rule to force a direct acknowledgment of a
notification message on a source management server.
❏ MSGTARGETRULECONDS
• MSGTARGETRULECOND
These conditions tell the agent to which management server to
send specific messages, based on message attributes and/or time.
The message agent evaluates the message target conditions by
reading the file mgrconf. If the mgrconf file does not exist, the
