Universal Event Monitor Functionality

Overview

Universal Event Monitor (UEM) Manager lets you monitor a single local or remote system event.

UEM Manager

The UEM Manager (uem) may provide all of the parameters necessary to define a system event, or it may specify the ID of a database record that contains the event definition. In either case, the UEM Manager passes the event definition to a local or remote UEM Server (uemsrv), which uses that information to look for an occurrence of the event and test for its completion.

The UEM Manager may also provide all of the parameters necessary to define an event handler to the UEM Server, or it may specify the ID of a database record that contains the event handler. An event handler is a command or script that UEM Server executes, based on the outcome of the event occurrence.

UEM Server

A UEM Server may monitor several local system events simultaneously using records stored in its event definition database. An event-driven UEM Server executes in this manner. An event-driven UEM Server does not require a UEM Manager to initiate a monitoring request, and you may configure it to start automatically whenever the local Universal Broker starts. During start-up, an event-driven UEM Server retrieves a list of its assigned event definitions from the local Universal Broker. UEM Server monitors each event until it is no longer active, or until the event-driven Server ends.

UEMLoad Utility

The UEMLoad utility (uemload) enables you to add event definition and event handler records to their respective databases

UEMLoad handles all event definition and event handler database management tasks, including adds, updates, deletes, and lists / exports. UEMLoad forwards a database request to a UEM Server, which validates the information. The UEM Server then sends a request to a local Universal Broker to apply the requested operation to the appropriate UEM database file.

Interaction of UEM Components

The following figure illustrates the interaction of the various components that make up Universal Event Monitor.