I'm trying to understand how Zenoss events work, specifically how it deals with 
snmp linkup/down trap events. 

It may be my setup but it doesn't seem to handle event correlation.  For 
example on a cisco switch with port 1 oper down and port 2 oper up.  If I oper 
down port 2 I see the event register as expected telling me the switch port is 
down.  Now if I oper up port 1 the event correlates, clears and both are moved 
to history. 

Another example is if take a port thats been in an oper down state when the 
system was last modeled and then oper it up I see no event, not even in 
history.  If I then down that same port the event is registered as down and a 
few seconds later the previous up event is suddenly registered and the events 
are moved to history.  This is most bizarre as it appears the up event is held 
in some type of limbo, and then gives a false clear when the interface is 
downed.

I'm just using the basic included event snmp_linkUp and snmp_linkDown rules, so 
perhaps there is something lacking in these rules.  Or perhaps the 
deduplication engine is causing this behavior and the uniqueness of these 
events needs to be greater.

I've gone over the Admin Guild specifically chapter 15, but I still don't get 
some of the basics about events.   When defining an event what is the Rule 
section for?  Also the Transform section, what am I transforming?

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.




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