Event Definition Database

The Universal Event Monitor (UEM) Server stores information about the events that it monitors in the event definition database.

An event definition record describes a system event and provides the information that UEM uses to track an event occurrence and test for its completion. An event definition record also may contain information that UEM uses to respond to (that is, "handle") an event's successful completion, its failure to complete, and even its failure to occur.

An event-driven UEM Server relies upon stored event definitions for its input. When an event-driven UEM Server starts, it asks the Broker for all event definitions assigned to it. If no event definitions are assigned to a particular event-driven Server, that Server continues to execute but will not do any actual event monitoring.

A demand-driven UEM Server also may obtain its input from a stored event definition record, but it is not required. Typically, a demand-driven Server receives its input from the UEM Manager's command line parameters.

Event definition records are added and maintained with the UEMLoad Utility.