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System and method for optimized event monitoring in a management environment

  • US 9,544,214 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2011
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for optimizing event monitoring in a management environment, comprising:

  • discovering an agent system using an intermediate management module, wherein the agent system comprises a device that is monitored, wherein the intermediate management module polls each system connected to the intermediate management module to discover the agent system, and wherein the agent system comprises one or more pre-defined condition triggers, and wherein each agent system communicates to the intermediate management module through a separate communications channel, wherein the communications channel comprises a network;

    generating by the intermediate management module in a management system a device object corresponding to the agent system, wherein the intermediate management module operates independently from the management system and the agent system;

    sending by the intermediate management module the device object and a command to the management system via the separate communications channel;

    storing the device object in a storage medium located in the management system;

    converting an agent system transmission into an event with a pre-determined structure using an event generation engine, wherein the agent system transmission comprises an SNMP trap, wherein the pre-determined structure comprises an SCOM event structure, and wherein the converting comprises;

    receiving an agent system alert from the agent system at the event generation engine;

    parsing the agent system alert by the event generation engine, wherein the parsing comprises identifying the agent system and a cause of the agent system alert; and

    populating the pre-determined data structure based, at least in part, on information parsed from the alert;

    injecting the event into the device object over the separate communications channel, wherein injecting the event comprises using an InsertCustomMonitoringEvent command from an SCOM software development kit (SDK) over the separate communications channel;

    creating, using the intermediate management module, an alert in response to the event in the device object, wherein the alert comprises an SCOM alert, wherein at least one of the pre-defined condition triggers in the agent system corresponds to the SCOM alert; and

    transmitting the alert to the management system.

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