Creating the collection, Configuring hp sim to send e-mail, Configuring status change events – HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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6.
In the Refine schedule section, select Every 1 week(s) on Saturday at 12:00 AM, or select the day
and time that you want the task to run.
7.
Click Done. The task is now scheduled, and the All Scheduled Tasks page appears.
To run this task at any time, select Tasks & Logs
→View Task Results. Then select Delete
Informational Events
from the table, and click Run Now. See
for more
information.
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Performing an advanced search for events
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Creating a task to send an e-mail when a system reaches a critical state
The following instructions set up an automatic event handling task to be run when a discovered system goes
to a Critical status.
Creating the collection
1.
Select Search panel, and click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search page appears.
2.
Select events from the Search for dropdown list.
3.
From the first selection box (
selection), click the down arrow, and select severity.
4.
From the second selection box (comparison selection), click the down arrow, and select is.
5.
In the third selection box (value selection), the available values for a given criteria or comparison
combination are given. Select Critical.
6.
(Optional) Click View to view the search results.
7.
Click Save As to save the event collection.
8.
In the Name field, enter a name for the collection, such as Critical Events.
9.
Under Place in Folder, select to save the collection in Events by Severity to have it available to other
users.
10. Click OK to save the collection, or click Cancel to cancel the save operation.
Configuring HP SIM to send e-mail
1.
Select Options
→Events→Automatic Event Handling→E-mail Settings. The E-mail Settings page
appears.
2.
Specify the SMTP host in the SMTP Host box.
3.
Specify the e-mail address that the management server uses when sending e-mail notifications in the
Sender's Email Address
box.
4.
To authenticate your SMTP server, select the Server Requires Authentication checkbox.
5.
Specify the account name in Account name box.
6.
Specify the password in the Password box.
7.
Click OK to save changes.
Configuring status change events
1.
Select Options
→Events→Status Change Event Settings. The Status Change Event Settings
page appears.
2.
Select Enable creation of system status change events. This option causes a system unreachable
event to be sent whenever a system cannot be reached by a ping through the Hardware Status Polling
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