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Setting Up Fault Management Configuring Event Parsers
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For Event Custom Views, refer to the NMS User Guide, Section 9.
For Alarm Custom Views, refer to the NMS User Guide, Section 9. Note that for custom alarm views only one user
property, sysLocation, is available. This is explained in the User Guide.
9.4.4 Setting up a SYSLOG Event to Create an Alarm
By using the Event Parser Configurator, the user can parse a SYSLOG event so that an alarm is produced. This can be useful
if certain events, such as a configuration change on the a device, need to be highlighted.
Figure 9-5 shows how a SYSLOG that includes the string “Configuration Updated” can be set. The user would bring up the
Event Parser Configuration window and Add Event Parser, in this case ConfigChangeSyslogParser. The Category is SYSLOG,
and the Severity for the Output String is Major. (SYSLOG events have no severity level on the Match String and so the
Severity is set to All.)
FIGURE 9-5 Setting the Event Parser to Produce Alarms for SYSLOG
The usual scenario would be the device in the Physical Network view would show the device has a major alarm. Right
clicking Alarms/Events -> Alarms on the affected device would show Figure 9-6. (This would also show up in the Events view
as a network event.). The user could then double click the alarm row to further process the alarm, or Edit -> Clear to clear
the alarm.
FIGURE 9-6 Alarm Produced as a Result of Configuring Event Parser