4 Forwarding Enterprise Manager Events to SCOM

Setting Event Rules

This section explains how to create a new rule in Enterprise Manager that invokes the SCOM connector. Log into the Enterprise Manager console with an account that has Super Administrator permissions and then perform the following steps:

1. From the Enterprise Manager console, click Setup, then Incidents, then Incident Rules.

2. Identify an existing rule set where the new rule can be added or create a new rule set as specified in the following sub steps:

   1. Click Create Rule Set. The Create Rule Set page is displayed.

   2. Enter a name and description, then click Save. The Incident Rules page is displayed again with the new rule set listed.

3. Click the rule set that you want to add the rule, then click Edit.

4. Click the Rules tab then click Create. The Select Type of Rule to Create popup is displayed.

   As you proceed below, the wizard interface explains various rules and their usage.

   For detailed information, refer to the "Incident Management" chapter in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.

5. Select Incoming events and updates to events then click Continue. The Select Events page is displayed.

6. Specifying the set of events that you want to forward, then click Next. The Add Actions page is displayed as shown in Figure 4-1.

7. Click Add. The Add Conditional Actions page is displayed as shown in Figure 4-2.

8. Select the SCOM Connector instance in the Forward to Event Connectors section then click >, then click Continue. The Add Actions page is displayed again with the new action listed.

9. Click Next. The Specify Name and Description page will be displayed.

10. Enter a name and description for the rule then click Next. The Review page is displayed.

11. Click Continue if everything looks correct. An information popup will be displayed that says, Rule has been successfully added to the current rule set. Newly added rules are not saved until the Save button is clicked.

    Note:

    You can click Back and make corrections to the rule if necessary.

12. Click Save to save the changes to the rule set.

Figure 4-1 Add Actions Page

Figure 4-2 Add Conditional Actions Page

The following process occurs after the above created event rule is satisfied:

• A request is sent to the SCOM Connector when a event is created per the criteria mentioned in the rule.

• The alert is created or updated on the SCOM console.

• In Enterprise Manager, the event is annotated with a comment on the Updates tab to indicate that an event in SCOM has been created or updated as seen in Figure 4-3.

Figure 4-3 Incident Manager Event Update

Viewing Events Via SCOM Console

Whenever an alert is created in SCOM from an event that originates in Oracle Enterprise Manager, a link is provided in the alert text. To view the Oracle Enterprise Manager event that triggered the message, copy the URL and paste in a browser. You will be asked to log into Oracle Enterprise Manager. After logging in, the Oracle Enterprise Manager event information is displayed as seen in Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4 Oracle Enterprise Manager Event Information