Identifying events to monitor

Before you create an adapter, you must decide what types of events you need to monitor.

Review the following factors to help you identify significant events:
  • Users of IT resources
  • Service level agreements
  • Network requirements for down-time and up-time
  • Application and network dependencies (for example, databases, e-commerce Web sites, wide area networks, and so forth)
  • Performance requirements
  • Important servers and network resources
After creating a list of significant events, use this list to define the source.