Event generators

Event generators gather information by monitoring a task or a statistic or by probing a server for access or connectivity. Each event generator has a specified threshold or condition, which, when met, causes an event to be created The event is passed to the Event Monitor task, which checks whether an associated event handler has been defined. If an event handler has not been defined, the Event Monitor task does nothing. If an event handler has been defined, the Event Monitor carries out the instructions in the event handler. The Event Monitor task, formerly know as the Event task, starts automatically when you start the server and must run on all servers that you want to monitor.

The Domino® Administrator includes a set of default event generators, which are listed in the Event Generators view of the Monitoring Configuration database (EVENTS4.NSF). To monitor other events that are important to you, you must create an event generator and define the type and severity of the event.

To create an event generator, click the Configuration tab of the Domino® Administrator and then click Monitoring Configuration > Event Generators. Then open the view for the type of event generator to create and click the button shown. The event generator document is created in the view.

The following table lists the types of event generators you can create. If you purchased an add-in product designed to work with server-management programs, you may see additional types of events listed.