Quick reference for RCA

Use this information to understand how an event is processed as it passes through the RCA plug-in.

The purpose of the RCA plugin is to determine, based on data in the event and on rules coded in RCA stitchers, to identify events that are caused by or cause other events. The steps are described in the following table.

Table 1. Quick reference for RCA
Action	Further information
1. An event is received from the Event Gateway. The RCA plug-in checks that this event meets its event maps and event state subscription requirements. In RCA terms this is known as a trigger event because it triggers RCA plug-in activity.	Root Cause Analysis (RCA) plugin Event Gateway plugins
2. The event is inserted into the RCA plug-in mojo.events database from where it can be retrieved for processing by the RCA stitchers.	mojo.events events database table
3. The event is passed to the ProcessEvent.stch, for root-cause analysis processing by the RCA stitchers.	RCA stitchersRCA stitchers in the IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition Administration Guide