The utilities listed in this subsection are explained further in Section 6. Figure 1–2 illustrates how these utilities relate to each other.
Autoaction Database Manager
The Autoaction Database Manager (ADBM) provides an integrated environment for developing, maintaining, and testing autoaction databases. Each database is maintained as a project within a workspace. ADBM also lets you distribute autoaction databases to other Operations Sentinel servers. In addition to this integrated utility, you can also use the following four command-line utilities included with Operations Sentinel.
Build Autoaction Database Utility
Use the Build Autoaction Database (BADB) utility to produce an output file of your database that AMS can use at run time. The input to the BADB utility is one or more text files containing BADB syntax.
Dump Autoaction Database Utility
If you no longer have the text source of your autoaction database, use the Dump Autoaction Database (DADB) utility to produce the source file. The input to the DADB utility is a run-time autoaction database.
Verify Autoaction Database Utility
Use the Verify Autoaction Database (VADB) utility to verify the pattern-matching and action generation capabilities of an autoaction database. For example, VADB can identify conflicting pattern-matching rules within a database containing multiple patterns that match a single message.
Distribute Utility
Use the Distribute Utility to install, update, and restore autoaction databases to Operations Sentinel servers.