OMNIbus event reader service

OMNIbus event readers are services that monitor a Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer event source for new, updated, and deleted alerts and then runs policies when the alert information matches filter conditions that you define.

The event reader service uses the host and port information of a specified ObjectServer data source so that it can connect to an Objectserver to poll for new and updated events and store them in a queue. The event processor service requests events from the event reader. When an event reader discovers new, updated, or deleted alerts in the ObjectServer, it retrieves the alert and sends it to an event queue. Here, the event waits to be handled by the event processor.

You configure this service by defining a number of restriction filters that match the incoming events, and passing the matching events to the appropriate policies. The service can contain multiple restriction filters, each one triggering a different policy from the same event stream, or it can trigger a single policy.

You can configure an event reader service to chain multiple policies together to be run sequentially when triggered by an event from the event reader.