DBNet Alerts

DBNet Alerts

ALERTS are generated by the ALERT binding. The program dbn_alert is the alert binding. dbn_alert requires four parameters.

Type
Subtype
Job name
Fully qualified filename

For example:

dbn_alert MODEL AVN J862 /com/avn/prod/avn.970513/gblav.T00Z.PgrbF00

The ALERT file contains one line of text. There are nine required fields. White space is used to delimit the fields.

Field	Definition
IP Address	The IP address or hostname (as it is known by DBNet) of the of the computer where the data is stored.
full-path	The is the complete path of the data. This should be the path used to FTP the data to or from the computer.
time stamp	The timestamp of the file. the format is:YYMMDDHHMMSS
file size	The file size in bytes.
Noop	Reseverd for future use. Literally the word 'noop' or 0.
Noop	Reseverd for future use. Literally the word 'noop' or 0.
Type	The DBNet data type for this file.
Job	The name of the job that generated this file. This field is used to track data flows within DBNet and to the OSO Gateway
SubType	The DBNet data SubType for this file

A Sample Alert:

140.90.56.24 /usr/local/dbndev/err/sst_tran_nsstsxs 960821053245 1056078 noop noop TRAN SSTSPDZ2 Polar_satellite_based_SSTs(TTAA...TTLA)

This alert shows that file sst_tran_nsstsxs is available on the computer 140.90.56.24. The DBNet data TYPE is TRAN and the SUBTYPE is Polar_satellite_based_SSTs(TTAA...TTLA).