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EIF heartbeat event

The Event Integration Facility event destination XML file can include a StatEvent element to send the monitoring agent's online or offline status to the event server. You can customize the provided heartbeat rules or write your own to handle the heartbeat events.

The destination server receives an EIF event with a class name of "ITM_Heartbeat" containing a slot called "interval" whose value is the heartbeat interval. SNMP events received contain an attribute "AlertGroup" whose value is "ITM_Heartbeat" and an attribute "HeartbeatInterval" whose value is the heartbeat interval. The situation_eventdata slot is also set to the heartbeat interval.

The IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console ITM_Heartbeat class is available for customizing the heartbeat rule. The class is in the om_tec.baroc file that gets installed with the event synchronization on the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console event server. It is on the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Tools DVD. Status events are kept separate from situation events so that rules can be written to apply only to the specific class or type.

Example: The ITM_Heartbeat EIF event has a 1-minute interval (interval='1'; and situation_eventdata='1';) and is characterized as a Heartbeat Event:

ITM_Heartbeat;
  interval='1';
  source='ITM Agent: Heartbeat Event';
  sub_source='EE_HEARTBEAT';
  situation_name='**';
  situation_origin='SuperServer:TEST';
  situation_time='09/30/2009 09:03:24.000';
  situation_eventdata='1';
  appl_label='A:P:L';
  hostname='SuperServer.raleigh.ibm.com';
  fqhostname='SuperServer.raleigh.ibm.com';
  origin='9.25.111.201';
  severity='HARMLESS';
  date='09/30/2009';
  msg='Heartbeat Message';END

Parent topic:

EIF events

Related tasks:

Enable OMNIbus heartbeat automation

Related reference:

EIF event destination configuration XML specification
Tivoli Enterprise Console heartbeat rule set
Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus - Network Availability Management

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