ECI event matching

EventConfigInfo objects (ECIs) are the configuration objects that instruct
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF how to handle incoming raw events. When a raw event arrives, the best matching ECI is identified and that is used to determine if a notification should be created, and if so, the instanceName and eventName to be associated with the notification.
ECI objects are named based upon a tree structure from the most generic to the most specific field, in the form of eventBaseID_eventSubID1_eventSubID2. An example would be:
Vendor.Product.Version.Equipment.Type_EquipmentSubType_SpecificType
SNMP defines ECI objects as Enterprise_Generic_Specific. Examples of how these names relate to events are given in the following section. ECI naming convention rules describes the ECI naming rules.
ECI naming convention rules
eventBaseID naming rules
  • May be any number of
    dot
    -separated fields, the last of which may be *
eventSub1ID and eventSub2ID naming rules
  • May be explicit, *, or null
  • If eventSub2ID is explicit or *, eventSub1ID must be explicit or *
  • eventSub1ID may exist with eventSub2ID null