nimAlarm

This method allow to post simple Alarm on the Nimbus.

Examples

my ($RC,$AlarmID) = nimAlarm(NIML_CRITICAL,"Hello world!","1.1.1")
if($RC == NIME_OK) {
    print "$AlarmID\n"
}

Severity constants

Constant name	value (INT)
NIML_CLEAR	0
NIML_INFO	1
NIML_WARNING	2
NIML_MINOR	3
NIML_MAJOR	4
NIML_CRITICAL	5

API

nimAlarm(iCriticity,szMessage,szSubsys,szSupp_key,szSource)

argument	type	default value
criticity	INT	undef
alarmMessage	STRING	undef
subsystem_id	STRING	"1.1"
supkey	STRING	"none"
alarmSource	STRING	"localhost"

If you put your own subsystem id, dont forgot to create it on the Nas probe!