Event Management module configuration

The Event Management module contains configuration information that is used by each of the workflows. The module provides complete configurations for BMC Event Manager, HP Network Node Manager, and IBM Netcool OMNIbus environments.

You may add additional event slots in the module. See Adding mappings to the Event Management module for details.

To view the module configuration

  1. Using BMC Atrium Orchestrator Development Studio Project Navigator, open the Event Management module and double-click configuration.
  2. Select BMC_AR_System, HP_NNM, and Netcool_OMNIbus to review the configuration settings for each environment.

The following table details the default Event Management module configuration values in a BMC Event Manager environment.

Event Management module configuration for BMC Event Manager

Configuration item

Description

Adapter

BEMActorAdapter

Priority_Mappings

<priority-mappings>
 <mapping name="Highest" type="string">1 - Highest</mapping>
 <mapping name="High" type="string">2 - High</mapping>
 <mapping name="Moderate" type="string">3 - Moderate</mapping>
 <mapping name="Low" type="string">4 - Low</mapping>
 <mapping name="Lowest" type="string">5 - Lowest</mapping>
</priority-mappings>

Severity_Mappings

<severity-mappings>
 <mapping name="Critical" type="string">Critical</mapping>
 <mapping name="Major" type="string">Major</mapping>
 <mapping name="Minor" type="string">Minor</mapping>
 <mapping name="Warning" type="string">Warning</mapping>
 <mapping name="Info" type="string">Info</mapping>
 <mapping name="OK" type="string">OK</mapping>
 <mapping name="Unknown" type="string">Unknown</mapping>
<severity-mappings>

Version

v7.3

Field_Mappings

<field-mappings>
<category type="string">Category</category>
<community type="string">Host Class</community>
<component-type type="string">Component Type</component-type>
<component-id type="string">Component ID</component-id>
<duration type="string">Time to Close</duration>
<escalation-level type="string">Priority</escalation-level>
<first-occurrence type="string">Occurred</first-occurrence>
<location type="string">Location</location>
<mc_origin_class type="string">mc_origin_class</mc_origin_class>
<mc_origin type="string">mc_origin</mc_origin>
<mc_tool_class type="string">mc_tool_class</mc_tool_class>
<mc_tool type="string">mc_tool</mc_tool>
<node type="string">Host Address</node>
<node-alias type="string">Host</node-alias>
<journal type="string">Notes</journal>
<owner-id type="string">Owner</owner-id>
<occurences type="string">Occurences</occurences>
<service type="string">Service</service>
<severity type="string">Severity</severity>
<status type="string">Status</status>
<summary type="string">Message</summary>
</field-mappings>

Update_Mappings

<update-mappings>
<category>Category</category>
<community>Host Class</community>
<component-type>Component Type</component-type>
<component-id type="string">Component ID</component-id>
<duration>Time to Close</duration>
<escalation-level>Priority</escalation-level>
<first-occurrence>Occurred</first-occurrence>
<location>Location</location>
<mc_origin_class type="string">mc_origin_class</mc_origin_class>
<mc_origin type="string">mc_origin</mc_origin>
<mc_tool_class type="string">mc_tool_class</mc_tool_class>
<mc_tool type="string">mc_tool</mc_tool>
<node>Host Address</node>
<node-alias>Host</node-alias>
<journal>Notes</journal>
<occurences>Occurences</occurences>
<owner-id>Owner</owner-id>
<id>ID</id>
<service>Service</service>
<severity>Severity</severity>
<status>Status</status>
<summary>Message</summary>
</update-mappings>

Query_Mappings

<query-mappings>
 <category>Category</category>
 <community>Host Class</community>
 <class>Class</class>
 <component-type>Component Type</component-type>
 <component-id type="string">Component ID</component-id>
 <duration>Time to Close</duration>
 <escalation-level>Priority</escalation-level>
 <first-occurrence>Occurred</first-occurrence>
 <location>Location</location>
 <mc_origin_class type="string">mc_origin_class</mc_origin_class>
 <mc_origin type="string">mc_origin</mc_origin>
 <mc_tool_class type="string">mc_tool_class</mc_tool_class>
 <mc_tool type="string">mc_tool</mc_tool>
 <node>Host Address</node>
 <node-alias>Host</node-alias>
 <journal>Notes</journal>
 <occurences>Occurences</occurences>
 <owner-id>Owner</owner-id>
 <id>ID</id>
 <service>Service</service>
 <severity>Severity</severity>
 <status>Status</status>
 <summary>Message</summary>
</query-mappings>

Status_Mappings

<status-mappings>
 <mapping name="open" type="string">Open</mapping>
 <mapping name="acknowledged" type="string">Acknowledged</mapping>
 <mapping name="assigned" type="string">Assigned</mapping>
 <mapping name="closed" type="string">Closed</mapping>
 <mapping name="blackout" type="string">Blackout</mapping>
</status-mappings>

Category_Mappings

<category-mappings>
 <mapping name="operations_management" type="string">OPERATIONS_MANAGEMENT</mapping>
</category-mappings>

Alert_Type

event

Event_Concept_Template

<Events>
 <Event />
</Events>

System_Type

BMC_Event_Manager

Collection

<values>
 <field name="somename" />
</values>

Cell_Name

The name of the cell for BMC Event Manager

Report_Mappings

Default Report_Mappings
<report-mappings>
 <account>Account</account>
 <adapter-host-ip>mc_tool_address</adapter-host-ip>
 <adapter-host-name>adapter_host</adapter-host-name>
 <agent>mc_tool</agent>
 <arrival-time>mc_tool_time</arrival-time>
 <category>Category</category>
 <component-id>Component_ID</component-id>
 <component-type>Component_Type</component-type>
 <date-modified>Modified</date-modified>
 <date-reception>Received</date-reception>
 <duration>duration</duration>
 <first-occurrence>Occurred</first-occurrence>
 <host-alias>Host</host-alias>
 <host-class>Host_Class</host-class>
 <journal>Notes</journal>
 <local-reception-time>mc_local_reception_time</local-reception-time>
 <location>Location</location>
 <mc_origin_class>mc_origin_class</mc_origin_class>
 <mc-origin>mc_origin</mc-origin>
 <mc_parameter>mc_parameter</mc_parameter>
 <mc_parameter_value>mc_parameter_value</mc_parameter_value>
 <mc_parameter_threshold>mc_parameter_threshold</mc_parameter_threshold>
 <mc_arrival_time>mc_arrival_time</mc_arrival_time>
 <mc_client_address>mc_client_address</mc_client_address>
 <mc_object_owner>mc_object_owner</mc_object_owner>
 <mc-tool-class>mc_tool_class</mc-tool-class>
 <mc_tool>mc_tool</mc_tool>
<message>Message</message>
 <node>Host_Address</node>
 <object>Object</object>
 <object-class>Object_Class</object-class>
 <object-owner>Object_Owner</object-owner>
 <occurrences>Occurrences</occurrences>
 <owner-id>Owner</owner-id>
 <priority>Priority</priority>
 <serial>ID</serial>
 <service>Service</service>
 <service-impact-alias>mc-smc-alias</service-impact-alias>
 <service-impact-id>Impact</service-impact-id>
 <severity>Severity</severity>
 <status>Status</status>
 <summary>Message</summary>
 <tool-class>mc_tool_class</tool-class>
 <tool-rule>mc_tool_rule</tool-rule>
 <tool-time>mc_tool_time</tool-time>
 <varbind-param-name>mc_parameter</varbind-param-name>
 <varbind-param-threshold>mc_parameter_threshold</varbind-param-threshold>
 <varbind-param-type>mc_parameter_type</varbind-param-type>
 <varbind-param-value>mc_parameter_value</varbind-param-value>
 <propagations>propagations</propagations>
</report-mappings>

Component_Name

The name of the cell for BMC Event Manager

 

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