3.0 Event Manager Installation

The Event Manager and the Event Manager Agent are automatically installed with Operations Center. For step-by-step instructions on installing Operations Center, see the Operations Center 5.0 Server Installation Guide.

There are various properties set in the Operations Center Configuration Manager for Event Manager and Event Integration Agents. If you are running the standard installation with Operations Center, you do not need to modify these settings from their defaults. For more information about Operations Center Configuration Manager settings related to Event Manager and agents, see Section 3.3, Configuration Properties for Event Manager and Event Manager Agent.

However, you may want to customize various settings for Alarm Server Connectivity and Alarm Server Functions. To create a custom properties files and learn more about properties that can be configured, see Section 3.4, Setting Custom Properties for Alarm Server Connectivity and Alarm Server Functions.

The following topics cover basic configuration properties and installing the Event Manager agent on a remote host: