diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
index 788902c1e..8309cc40a 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Schema.pm
@@ -595,10 +595,10 @@ eventlog => {
 	eventtime => 'The timestamp for the event.',     
 	monitor => 'The name of the monitor that monitors this event.',    #in RMC, it's the condition name
         monnode => 'The node that monitors this event.',
-	node => 'The node where the event occurred',    
+	node => 'The node where the event occurred.',    
 	application => 'The application that reports the event.',        #RMC, Ganglia 
 	component  => 'The component where the event occurred.',   #in RMC, it's the resource class name
-	id => 'The location or the resource name where the event occurred', #In RMC it's the resource name and attribute name
+	id => 'The location or the resource name where the event occurred.', #In RMC it's the resource name and attribute name
 	severity => 'The severity of the event. Valid values are: informational, warning, critical.',
 	message => 'The full description of the event.',
 	rawdata => ' The data that associated with the event. ',    # in RMC, it's the attribute value, it takes the format of attname=attvalue[,atrrname=attvalue....]
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ foreach my $tabname (keys(%xCAT::ExtTab::ext_tabspec)) {
   policy => { attrs => [], attrhash => {}, objkey => 'priority' },
   monitoring => { attrs => [], attrhash => {}, objkey => 'name' },
   notification => { attrs => [], attrhash => {}, objkey => 'filename' },
+    eventlog => { attrs => [], attrhash => {}, objkey => 'recid' }, 
 );
 
 
@@ -1470,6 +1471,62 @@ push(@{$defspec{group}->{'attrs'}}, @nodeattrs);
                  },
 );
 
+@{$defspec{eventlog}->{'attrs'}} = (
+        {attr_name => 'recid',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.recid',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'eventtime',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.eventtime',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'monitor',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.monitor',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'monnode',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.monnode',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'node',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.node',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'application',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.application',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'component',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.component',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'id',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.id',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'severity',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.severity',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'message',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.message',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'rawdata',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.rawdata',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+        {attr_name => 'comments',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.comments',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+	{attr_name => 'disable',
+                 tabentry => 'eventlog.disable',
+                 access_tabentry => 'eventlog.recid=attr:recid',
+                 },
+);
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 2662e28bf..3ae62171a 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -2869,4 +2869,58 @@ sub get_image_name {
 }
 
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head3   logEventsToDatabase
+       Logs the given events info to the xCAT's 'eventlog' database 
+    Arguments:
+        arrayref -- A pointer to an array. Each element is a hash that contains an events.
+        The hash should contain the at least one of the following keys:
+          eventtime -- The format is "mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss".
+                       If omitted, the current date and time will be used.
+          monitor  -- The name of the monitor that monitors this event.
+          monnode -- The node that monitors this event.
+          node -- The node where the event occurred.
+          application -- The application that reports the event.
+          component -- The component where the event occurred.
+          id -- The location or the resource name where the event occurred.
+          severity -- The severity of the event. Valid values are: informational, warning, critical.
+          message -- The full description of the event.
+	  rawdata -- The data that associated with the event.         
+  Returns:
+       (ret code, error message) 
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub logEventsToDatabase{
+    my $pEvents=shift;
+    if (($pEvents) && ($pEvents =~ /xCAT::Utils/)) {
+	$pEvents=shift;
+    }
+    
+    if (($pEvents) && (@$pEvents > 0)) {
+	my $currtime;
+	my $tab = xCAT::Table->new("eventlog",-create => 1,-autocommit => 0);
+        if (!$tab) {
+	    return (1, "The evnetlog table cannot be opened.");
+	}
+
+	foreach my $event (@$pEvents) {
+	    #create event time if it does not exist
+	    if (!exists($event->{eventtime}))  {
+		if (!$currtime) {
+		    my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst)=localtime(time);
+		    $currtime=sprintf("%02d-%02d-%04d %02d:%02d:%02d", $mon+1,$mday,$year+1900,$hour,$min,$sec);
+		}
+		$event->{eventtime}=$currtime;
+	    }
+	    $tab->setAttribs(undef, $event);
+	}
+	$tab->commit;
+    }    
+    
+    return (0, "");
+}
+
 1;