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Managers

Of the various components that contribute to the comprehensive management capabilities of CA Common Services for z/OS, the agent manager is most essential. Through the action of various agent runtime components, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps and messages regarding the status of critical resources can be routed to Event Management.

Agent management entails event-driven processing whereby all activities are triggered in response to events, which can originate from network polling, timers, traps, and state transitions. Event‑driven processing enables efficient use of your resources by ensuring that data is processed only when necessary.

Note: For a comprehensive discussion of agents and managers, see the CA NSM documentation.