Log Event Reports

This command action is used to write a message to an Operations Sentinel log. The operator can later display this message in Operations Sentinel Console.

Event Report Action-Text Format

"TYPE=LG | CLASS=object-class | INSTANCE=object-name " \
		" | APPL=application-name [| APPLQUAL=application-qualifier]" \
		" [| MSGTYPE=message-type] | TEXT=message-text"

For an explanation of the attributes CLASS, INSTANCE, APPL, APPLQUAL, MSGTYPE, and TEXT, see the Operations Sentinel Administration and Configuration Guide. See 4.2 for formatting information.

Example [SP-AMS]

The following example writes the following log entry to a log named test:

sample^aa> 08:53:36   Sample message text.

The event report action that generates the log entry is as follows:

ACTION EVENT-REPORT \
   "TYPE=LG │ CLASS=host │ INSTANCE=test │ APPL=sample │" \
   "MSGTYPE=aa │" \
   "TEXT=Sample message text."

Required Attribute Value Pairs

Table 4–4 lists the attribute value pairs required for sending a message to an Operations Sentinel log.

Table 8. Required Attribute Value Pairs for Log Event Reports

Attribute	Description
TYPE	Has the value of LG for a log request
CLASS	The object type
INSTANCE	The name of the log to which the message is written
APPL	Identifier associated with the logged message
TEXT	The text of the message that is recorded in the Operations Sentinel log

Optional Attribute Value Pairs

Table 4–5 lists the optional attribute value pairs.

Table 9. Optional Attribute Value Pairs for Log Event Reports

Attribute	Description
APPLQUAL	Further qualifies the application name
MSGTYPE	Identifies the message as a certain type for the log entry

It is suggested that you use sp-ams-database or cp-ams-database for application-name and \_DBNAME\ for application-qualifier.