An IBM Tivoli Universal Agent application defines the data you want to manage to IBM Tivoli Monitoring. Each application consists of data definitions of one or more attribute groups, each group consisting of one or more attributes, that are imported by the IBM Tivoli Universal Agent. Data definitions describe the source and structure of the data supplied by the data providers. Data definitions are stored in metafiles.
A metafile is a plain text file that specifies the following information:
Name of the application
Name of each of the attribute groups that comprise the application
Source or sources of the data in each attribute group
Names and characteristics of the individual attributes
Optional help text for the application, each attribute group, and each attribute
Use attributes to create situations that monitor for specific alerts or types of alerts. For example, you can create situations that monitor for alerts with a specific severity. When the values for attributes of alerts relayed to a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server match the values you specify in situations, the managed objects associated with the situations change appearance, alerting you to problems. When building situations, specify attributes using the following format:
Attribute_Group_Name.Attribute_Name
IBM Tivoli Universal Agent provides a variety of default workspaces. A table view within a workspace corresponds to a group of attributes; the columns in the table view correspond to the attributes available for creating situations.
For information about workspaces, see IBM Tivoli Universal Agent Workspaces.
See Also:
Attribute Groups Used by Predefined Workspaces
Organization of the Predefined Workspaces