Event server

An event server is a central server that handles all events collected by the distributed adapters. The event server creates an entry for each incoming event and evaluates that event against a set of rules to determine if it can respond to the event, or modify the event automatically.

The ObjectServer acts as the event server for the Tivoli Event Integration Facility.

The EIF probe is the means by which EIF events are forwarded to the ObjectServer.

An adapter does not typically provide values for all attributes of a particular event; some attribute values are provided by the EIF probe. The Probe for Tivoli EIF can process any well-formed EIF event. You have the option to define the following attributes:

$ClassName: The class name of the event.

$EventSeqNo: The sequence number of the event.

$EventString: The entire event in a single string.

$date: The date of the event in mm/dd/yy format.

$EventClass: The class of the event as assigned by the event source.
Note: The Probe for Tivoli EIF uses the event class to identify the format of the message for each event type.

$hostname: The host name of the system.

$msg: The content of the message.

$peerhost: The secondary host.

$severity: The severity of the alarm.

$source: The type of application that has created the event.

$sub_origin: The optional subcategorization of the event origin.

$sub_source: A detailed description of the source.

The following example event has been processed by the Probe for Tivoli EIF and the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer:

Node Alias: 8.42.19.243
TECEventHandle: 
Process Required: 0
Prec. Entity ID: 0
First Occurrence: 07/28/2014 02:17:23 PM
Rem. Sec Obj.: 
Port: 0
Suppr./Escl.: Normal
Rem. Root Obj.: 
Extended Attributes: 
Slot: 0
Local Node Alias: 
Managed Status: Managed
Alert Group: EVENT
Class: NAD10tecad
Flash: No
URL: 
Summary: hello_eif_probe
Cause Type: Unknown
Count: 1
Poll: 0
Local Sec. Obj.: 
TaskList: Not in Task List
Local Root Obj.: 
Group: Public
Card: 
Serial: 1950
Manager: tivoli_eif probe on blackrock.tracy.ryan.com
Event Type: Not Defined
Rem. Pri. Obj.: 
Customer: 
Expire Time: Not Set
Identifier: :EIF:EVENT
Prec. Obj. Inst.: 0
TECRepeatCount: 0
Correlated Notif.: 
TECFQHostname: 
Specific Problem: 
Owner: Nobody
Location: 
Server Name: NCOMS
Service: 
Internal Timestamp: 07/28/2014 02:17:23 PM
Node: 8.42.19.243
TECStatus: 
TECDate: 
Probable Cause: Not Defined
Rem. Node Alias: 
Severity: Indeterminate
Last Occurrence: 07/28/2014 02:17:23 PM
TECHostname: 
Grade: 1
Server Serial: 1950
TECDateReception: 
Local Pri. Obj.: 
TECServerHandle: 
Precision Domain: 
Type: Problem
Event ID: 
Prec. Serial: 
Ack: No