Adapter Platform
architecture

The
Adapter Platform
consists of four basic components:
  • Adapter Platform
    Server
    The
    Adapter Platform
    Server prepares event information for use by the
    Global Manager
    . It normalizes the event information and places it in a context understood by the
    Global Manager
    .
  • VMware Smart Assurance
    Syslog Adapter
    The
    Syslog Adapter
    parses a system log file and generates notifications based on the contents of the file. Either the complete contents of the file are read or the file can be tailed, which means that only newly added information is read.
  • VMware Smart Assurance
    SNMP Trap Adapter
    (Receiver)
    The
    SNMP Trap Adapter
    parses SNMP traps received and generates notifications based on the contents of the traps. The
    SNMP Trap Adapter
    can be configured to handle many different types of traps.
    If you plan to receive SNMPv3 traps, additional steps are required. “Configuring the SNMP Trap Adapter to receive SNMPv3 traps” on page 49 provides more information.
  • Command line interface sm_ems)
    The command line interface creates or modifies notifications that are sent to the
    Global Manager
    . This interface may be used in conjunction with third-party applications to send events to the
    Global Manager
    .
    The
    Syslog Adapter
    and the
    SNMP Trap Adapter
    configurations must be customized to specify the relevant file contents or the SNMP traps to use and how the information maps to objects in the
    Global Manager
    repository.