HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 492)

Event Management 460
• Days
• Weeks
3. Click the Save Changes button.
Configuring the Deletion of Events
The management server automatically deletes events after two weeks by default. You can specify
for each severity level different time periods for deleting events. For example, you could modify the
management server to delete events with the Information severity level every two days. You could
also specify the management server to never delete events with the Critical severity level.
To change the default time delay to delete an event, do the following:
1. Access the Events page by clicking Configuration > Events.
2. Do one of the following:
• If you never want an event of the specified severity level automatically deleted, select the
Never option under the Automatic Delete Delay column.
• If you want to change the delay time in deleting an event, select one of the following units of
measurement from the combo box and type the number in the adjacent field:
• Minutes
• Hours
• Days
• Weeks
For example, if you want events that are a week old deleted, you would type 1 and then select
Weeks
in the combo box in the Automatic Delete Delay column.
3. Click the Save Changes button.
Deleting Events
To delete an event:
1. (Optional) Select the events you want to delete in Event Manager.
2. Click the Delete button at the top of the screen.
3. Select one of the following options in the Select Events to Delete window:
• Delete selected events - All selected elements are deleted.
• Delete all events - All elements are deleted, regardless of your filter settings.
• Delete all events earlier than - Elements earlier than the date specified are deleted,
regardless of your filter settings. Click the calendar icon, .
4. Click OK.
Sorting Events
In Event Manager, you can sort events. For example, if you want to see the most severe event on a
page, click the Severity column header link. Click it again to sort events in the reverse order.