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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
EIF events
Send private situation events directly from a Tivoli Monitoring Agent to an EIF receiver without going through the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.
- EIF event configuration
Configure a monitoring agent and a local EIF event configuration XML file to emit life cycle events or private situation events, or both, to one or more EIF receivers such as the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console event server or Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Tivoli EIF.
- EIF event mapping XML specification
The EIF event map is an XML file that specifies how the events for one or more private situations are to be translated. Create a custom event mapping file to modify the data being sent to the EIF receiver.
- EIF event destination configuration XML specification
Use the EventDest, Server, and Destination elements in the EIF destination XML file to configure the destination servers for the EIF events sent by the monitoring agent.
- Common slots for EIF emitted events
Review the descriptions of the set of common slots to understand the private situation event information at the EIF receiver.
- EIF life cycle event
In addition to emitting situation start or stop and status events, the Event Integration Facility event emitter generates additional life cycle events that are not private situation related.
- 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.
- Master reset event
A master reset event can be configured to be sent when the monitoring agent is recycled. Upon receiving the master reset event, the included Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console rule closes all the opened events from this particular agent and its subnodes.
- Sending private situation events by using TLS/SSL communication
You can now send your private situation events to a Netcool/OMNIbus EIF receiver probe using TLS/SSL communication. The destination Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Tivoli EIF must be at version 12.0 or later.
Parent topic:
Agent-based servicesRelated concepts:
Situation event integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console