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Introduction
The Geneos GL Greffon plug-in monitors the GL system and displays information about user logons through Greffon connections.
Views
This plug-in produces a single view as follows:
Legend:
| Column Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Login Key | The login key used to connect to the system |
| Greffon | The greffon used to connect to the system |
| Status | Status of the greffon/user (shared by all users connecting using the particular greffon) |
| Member Number | Member number associated with the greffon |
| User Id | User id of the user connecting through this greffon |
| Name | Name of the user connecting through this greffon |
Plug-in Configuration
Mandatory configuration:
Plugin = GL-GREFFON
users_ini_file = /bin/greffon/logs/users/users.ini
names_ini_file = /bin/greffon/logs/names/names.ini
traderid_ini_file = /bin/greffon/logs/traders/traderid.ini
slev5liffe_ini_file = /bin/greffon/logs/slev5liffe/slev5liffe.ini
licsym_ini_file = /bin/greffon/logs/slev5liffe/licsym.ini
gl_connect_ini_file_path = /bin/greffon/logs/glconnect-ini/
gl_connect_log_file_path = /bin/greffon/logs/glconnect-log/Optional configuration:
gl_connect_ini_file_prefix = glconnect_
gl_connect_ini_file_extension = ini
gl_connect_log_file_prefix = glconnect_
gl_connect_log_file_extension = log
debug = trueThe following sampling parameters should be set up in the [GREFFON_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR]
| Name | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PLUGIN | GL-GREFFON | MANDATORY |
| users_ini_file | Full path (including filename) of the users.ini file | MANDATORY |
| names_ini_file | Full path (including filename) of the names.ini file | MANDATORY |
| traderid_ini_file | Full path (including filename) of the traderid.ini file | MANDATORY |
| slev5liffe_ini_file | Full path (including filename) of the slev5liffe.ini file | MANDATORY |
| licsym_ini_file | Full path (including filename) of the licsym.ini file | MANDATORY |
| gl_connect_ini_file_path | Location of the glconnect_XX.ini files | MANDATORY |
| gl_connect_log_file_path | Location of the glconnect_XX_DATE.log files | MANDATORY |
| gl_connect_ini_file_prefix | Prefix of the glconnect_XX.ini files (i.e. 'glconnect_') | OPTIONAL |
| gl_connect_ini_file_extension | Extension of the gl_connect_XX.ini files (i.e. 'ini') | OPTIONAL |
| gl_connect_ log _file_prefix | Prefix of the glconnect_ XX_DATE.log files (i.e. 'glconnect_') | OPTIONAL |
| gl_connect_ log _file_extension | Extension of the gl_connect_ XX_DATE.log files (i.e. 'ini') | OPTIONAL |
| debug (true/false) | The plugin in will print out each line it reads from a .ini or .log file to the standard output, if this option is turned on (off by default) | OPTIONAL |