Event Manager on ASA 8.2

[Nelson Neto]

I'm trying to set up Event Manager on an ASA 5540 8.2, but it's not showing the commands, nor the initial command, does anyone know why?

#event manager applet EventICMP
description Monitoring Memory ProcessorCPU and Interface ICMP Incident
event timer watchdog time 120
action 0 cli command "show memory"
action 1 cli command "show processes cpu-usage sorted non-zero"
action 2 cli command "show int GigabitEthernet0/1"
action 3 cli command "show int GigabitEthernet0/2.100"
action 4 cli command "show clock"
output file rotate 60
!
#event manager run EventICMP

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

Event manager support was added in ASA release 9.2(1).

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa-command-reference/A-H/cmdref1/e.html#pgfId-2107811

[Nelson Neto]

Do you know if you have any workarounds for version 8.2?

[Marvin Rhoads]

Not native to the ASA.

You'd have to use an external script with a cron job or equivalent. Or something in an NMS like a scheduled job in SolarWinds NCM.

Your 5540 running 8.2 is long past end of sales and is actually past end of support - you don't get all the more recent features on that platform.