Components of Event Source Hierarchy

ESM displays the information on the Collectors and other components in a hierarchy specific to ESM.

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NOTE: ESM allows you to add Collector, Event Source and Connector.

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Sentinel

The single Sentinel icon represents the main Sentinel™ Server that manages all events collected by the Sentinel system.

 

The Sentinel object is installed automatically through the Sentinel installer.

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Collector Manager

Each Collector Manager icon represents another instance of a Collector Manager process. Multiple Collector Manager processes can be installed throughout the system. As each Collector Manager process connects to Sentinel the object will be created in Sentinel automatically.

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Collector

 

The term Collector refers to a deployed instance of a Collector Script which includes the specification of the Collector Script to use as well as the parameter values the Collector should run with. Collector Scripts define the parsing logic for a specific device type.

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Connector

The term Connector refers to a deployed instance of a Connector plug-in which includes the specification as well as the parameter values the Connector should run with. The Connector plug-in defines the method of collecting data, such as Database, Flat File, WMI, and so on.

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Event Source

 

Each Event Source represents a configured Event Source connection, including the Collector Script, the Connector type, and configuration parameters. An Event Source can be thought of as an individual application or device that is generating event data to be collected into Sentinel.

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Event Source Server

Each Event Source Server icon represents a configured Event Source Server. An Event Source Server is a Sentinel process that collects data from specific event source types and passes it on to associated Event Sources. Common Event Source Server types include Syslog and Novell Audit..