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Add New Event Processing

You create an event processing and add it to CA Spectrum.

Follow these steps:

1. Copy the CMDB.Synch.evd to the custom/Events/EventDisp.
   1. Navigate to the custom\EventDisp directory in the Spectrum Content Directory.
   2. Open the CMDB.Synch.evd file in a text editor.
   3. Select all the contents and copy them to the clipboard.
   4. Close CMDB.Synch.evd.
   5. Navigate to the Spectrum root directory.
   6. Navigate to the custom/Events folder.

      Note: If an EventDisp file is not available under the custom folder, create it.

   7. Open the EventDisp file in a text editor.
   8. Navigate to the bottom of the file and paste the copied contents of the CMDB.Synch.evd file.
   9. Save and close the EventDisp file.
2. Copy Nimsoft Alarm Events to the custom/Events/EventDisp file.
   1. Navigate to the custom\Events directory in Spectrum Content Directory.
   2. Select and copy CsEvFormat, CsPCause, gen_app_gw, and the MaaS folders.
   3. Navigate to the Spectrum root directory.
   4. Navigate to the custom/Events folder
   5. Paste the CsEvFormat, CsPCause, gen_app_gw, and MaaS folders.

      Note: If you are prompted to merge the contents, click Yes.

   6. Navigate to the custom\EventDisp directory in the Spectrum Content Directory.
   7. Open the EventDisp.append file in a text editor.
   8. Select all the contents and copy them to the clipboard.
   9. Close EventDisp.append.
   10. Navigate to the Spectrum root directory.
   11. Navigate to the custom/Events folder.

       Note: If an EventDisp file is not available under the custom folder, create it.

   12. Open the EventDisp file in a text editor.
   13. Navigate to the bottom of the file and paste the copied contents of the EventDisp.append file.
   14. Save and close the EventDisp file.
3. Start a bash session.
   1. Log in using Administrator credentials.
   2. Click the Windows Start button.
   3. Search for bash -login.
4. Change to the vnmsh directory under the Spectrum root directory.
5. Enter connect lh=handle, where handle is the landscape handle for Spectrum LS.
6. Enter update action=0x100a2 mh=handle, where handle is the landscape handle for Spectrum LS.

   You have created an event process and added it to CA Spectrum.