Using the Event Monitoring Service (June 2007)

Understanding the Event Monitoring Service
Event Monitoring Service Overview
Chapter 114
Developers use the API to create additional monitors for use with
client and target applications, such as the EMS GUI, EMS CLI or
ServiceGuard. Monitor components to be created include: resource
dictionary, resource monitor binary file, manpage (recommended),
and message catalog (recommended).
Figure 1-1 shows the relationships between the Event Monitoring
Service components.
Figure 1-1 Event Monitoring Service Components
The process is as follows:
1. The system administrator enters the client application, for example,
the EMS GUI, or the EMS CLI, to begin the discovery phase of
creating a monitoring request.
The discovery phase, includes identifying the resources to be
monitored and configuring the request. It can be accomplished
through many methods, including:
•EMS GUI
•EMS CLI
•ServiceGuard