HP Operations Manager for UNIX Administrator’s Reference

Configuring HPOM
About Variables
Variables for SNMP Trap Templates Only
You can use the following variables in most entry fields (exceptions are
noted) for SNMP trap text. You can use the variables within HPOM, or
pass them to external programs.
Returns the number of variables in an
enterprise-specific SNMP trap (generic trap 6
Enterprise specific ID).
Sample output:
2
Returns all variables assigned to the trap.
Sample output:
[1] .1.1 (OctetString): arg1 [2] .1.2
(OctetString): kernighan.c.com
Returns the time the event was received as the number
of seconds since the Epoch (Jan 1, 1970) using the
time_t representation.
Sample output:
859479898
Returns one or more of the possible trap parameters
that are part of an SNMP trap (for example,
returns the first variable, returns the second
variable, and so on)
1> Returns all attributes greater than n as value strings,
which are useful for printing a variable number of
arguments. 0> is equivalent to $* without
sequence numbers, names, or types.
Sample output:
richie.c.com
+1> Returns all attributes greater than n as name:value
string.
Sample output:
.1.2: richie.c.com
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