IBM Netcool/Omnibus Question:

• Probe is a java written code which works as a agent it connect to the source where there is possibility of generating an event.
• It detects it, collects it and forward the data to object server as events where it is displayed in event list.
• Probes are event source specific.
• Rules for the event detection and collection are define in the rules file.
• The event collected are updated in the table alerts.status.