API probes

An API probe acquires events through the application programming interface (API) of another application.

For example, the Probe for Sun Management Center uses the Sun Management Center Java™ API to connect remotely to the Sun Management Center.

API probes use specially-designed libraries to acquire events from another application or management system. These libraries contain functions that connect to the target system and manage the retrieval of events. The API probes call these functions, which connect to the target system and return any events to the probe. The probe processes these events and forwards them to the ObjectServer as alerts.