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Types of Monitored Events

The entries that are to be read from the CA NSM Event Manager log can be filtered so that only certain messages are retrieved. CA Automation Point monitors the CA NSM Event Manager log for the following types of events. CA Automation Point monitors each type of event in a separate, automatically defined special session.

The following are names of the sessions for each event type:

• Any entry that matches user-supplied filtering parameters—These entries are read and passed to CA Automation Point rules for processing within the UNI_MSGS session. When no filtering is specified, all CA NSM Event Manager messages are forwarded to CA Automation Point rules for processing.
• Notification entries—Entries that begin with the NMFIND keyword are read and passed to CA Automation Point rules for processing within the NM_REQUESTS session. This session is also used for NMFIND requests that originate from CA OPS/MVS.
• SNMP traps—SNMP traps that CA NSM Event Manager captures and places in its log are read and passed to CA Automation Point rules for processing within the SNMP_TRAPS session.
• Host (session) commands—Entries that begin with the SESSCMD keyword are read and passed to the HOST_COMMANDS session.
• Windows event log messages—Messages from a Windows system's event log are read and passed to CA Automation Point rules for processing within the WIN_EVENTS session. This event type is read directly from the Windows operating system.