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An Introduction to Integrating Partner Applications with VPO
Integration Facilities Provided by VPO
Chapter 154
Integration Facilities Provided by VPO
VPO is designed to provide the maximum flexibility for integrators, so
the mechanisms underlying VPO functionality are configurable to a high
degree. This enables you to customize VPO installations to the specific
needs of your customers. In addition, VPO provides powerful and
straightforward tools that make the tight integration of partner
solutions possible, such as APIs to the management server and managed
nodes. See the VPO Software Release Notes for more information about
the new features provided with this release of VPO.
Integrating Events Using Messages
VPO intercepts and collects messages generated by diverse components
of the network so that it is informed of events occurring throughout the
environment. Messages may be generated in the following
circumstances:
❏ When a new entry is written to a system or application logfile on the
managed nodes.
❏ When an SNMP trap is sent from an SNMP device.
❏ When the threshold monitoring capability of a VPO agent detects
that a monitor threshold has been exceeded.
❏ When functions of the Agent Message API or Agent Monitor API are
called.
❏ When an MPE/iX console message is written to the console of an
MPE/iX agent.
Message generation, regardless of the message source, is controlled by
message templates that have a similar structure for all types of
message source.