8.2 Creating Notification Objects

Both filtered and heartbeat notifications are configured in Novell eDirectory™ using Notification Filter and Heartbeat objects.

Notification Filter objects store the criteria the logging server uses to filter system events. They also designate which Channel objects the logging server uses to provide event notification.

Heartbeat objects define which Event IDs the logging server is looking for and the interval at which those events must occur. You can also define the information that is returned in the heartbeat event's Text1, Text2, Value1, and Value2 fields.

You must create a separate Notification Filter object for every event you want to filter. A single Heartbeat object, on the other hand, can monitor multiple events. In fact, you really only need to create one Heartbeat object in your logging system.

You can create Notification Filter and Heartbeat objects using iManager. For information on using iManager to create objects, see Section 3.0, Nsure Audit iManager Plug-in.

You must create Notification Filter and Heartbeat objects in Notification containers. The Notification container under Logging Services is automatically created during installation; however, additional Notification containers can be created anywhere in the tree.

Creating Notification objects in the central Notification container under Logging Services is ideal for organizations that need a simple, easy-to-manage logging system. It also suits organizations that are implementing Nsure Audit as an auditing solution and, for security reasons, want to centrally manage their system.

If you want to distribute logging system administration, however, Notification objects can be created anywhere in the tree. For example, if administration is divided by logging server, you can create a Notification container under each Logging Server object. On the other hand, if administration is divided by application (for example, one person manages logging for iChain®, another DirXML® logging, etc.), the Notification container can be created in any context assigned to its administrator.

If you create a Notification container elsewhere in the tree, you must add that container to the logging server's list of supported containers. At startup, the logging server scans its list of supported Notification containers and loads the included Notification object configurations in memory so it can filter events, monitor Heartbeat events, and route notifications to the appropriate channels. If a Notification object is not in one of the logging server's supported Notification containers, it cannot use it. For more information on the logging server's Notification Container property, see Logging Server Objects .