HP Systems Insight Manager User Manual
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Where quanit1 is the system name.
Example - 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
.
Procedure 11 Creating a task to send an e-mail when a system reaches a critical state
1.
In the Search panel, click Advanced Search. The Advanced Search page appears.
2.
Select events from the Search for dropdown list.
3.
From the first selection box (
selection), select severity from the dropdown list.
4.
From the second selection box (comparison selection), select is from the dropdown list.
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 Collection to save the event collection.
8.
In the Name field, enter a name for the collection, such as Critical Events.
9.
Under Place in, 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.
11. To configure HP SIM to send an e-mail, select Options
→Events→Automatic Event
Handling
→E-mail Settings. The E-mail Settings page appears.
12. Specify the SMTP host in the SMTP Host box.
13. Specify the e-mail address that the management server uses when sending e-mail notifications
in the Sender's Email Address box.
14. To authenticate your SMTP server, select the Server Requires Authentication checkbox.
15. Specify the account name in Account name box.
16. Specify the password in the Password box.
17. Click OK to save changes.
18. To configure status change events, select Options
→Events→Status Change Event Settings. The
Status Change Event Settings page appears.
19. Select Enable creation of system status change events. This option sends a system unreachable
event whenever a system cannot be reached by a ping through the Hardware Status Polling
task. Enabling this option creates a system reachable event whenever the system is reachable
again.
20. Click OK to apply changes.
21. To create the task, select Options
→Events→Automatic Event Handling→New Task. The
Automatic Event Handling - New Task page appears.
22. On the Step 1, Select name page, enter a name for the task in the Task name box, such as
Send E-mail for Critical Status
.
23. Click Next. The Step 2, Select event collection page appears.
24. Select the Critical Events collection from the dropdown list.
25. Click Next. The Select system collection page appears. Do not select a system collection.
26. Click Next. The Select action page appears.
27. Select Send e-mail.
a.
In the To field, enter the list of e-mail addresses that should receive the notification.
b.
In the CC field, enter any e-mail address that should receive a copy of the e-mail,
separating each with a comma.
c.
In the Subject field, enter a note describing the subject of the e-mail.
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