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Setting Up Fault Management Configuring Event Filters
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9.5.4 Example of Setting an Event Filter Action
The following example shows how an event can be configured so that when the event matches the criteria of an event filter
an email is sent. It also shows how other actions could be added, modified, or deleted.
Note: An event filter must have at least one action.
1. Click Add in the Event Filter Configuration panel.
2. Enter the alert filter name and the match criteria fields. If needed, Expressions can be used: wildcard (*), negation (!), and
separators (,). Use the More option if needed.
3. Click to activate the Action Type panel.
4. Click the Send Email Action and New button. This activates the Filter Action Details panel.
5. Fill in the Action Details panel.
6. Click OK.
To add more actions, click and add more action types and details. Cancel any filters or actions by clicking Cancel as
they appear in context. The resulting alert filters and actions can be reordered by drag and drop.
To delete an alert filter, select a filter from the list and then click from the Alert Filter panel. Any associated action will
also be deleted.
To load a set of alert filters from a file, click Load From File. A dialog box prompts for the file path to read the filters from.
Click Load to load the filters.
To save a set of alert filters (for later use or as a backup), click Save. A dialog box prompts for the file path to write the filters
to. Click Save to save the filters.
Brings up the Save <type of information> to File form. Save the trap parsers as a file. The default path is to the conf directory. This allows
the configured trap parser to be used again and as a backup.
Note: When saving these files, the AlliedView NMS sets as the default directory the <NMS Home>/state directory, so for example
the file path:
../conf/event.filters
is being saved in the
conf directory by going up one level from the state directory (..) and then down to the conf
directory. If the user enters in the form only a file name, that file is being saved in the default
state directory.
Send E-Mail
Action
Send E-Mail Action Name A name to identify this action.
SMTP Server A valid mail server address.
Recipient’s Address The Address to where the email is to be sent.
Sender’s Address The address from where the email is being sent.
Subject Subject of the email. This can use variables ($) from the Filter
Name if they have been specified.
Message Text of the email message. This can use variables ($) from the
Filter Name if they have been specified.
Custom Filter Custom Filter Name The name of the custom filter.
Custom Filter Class Name The name of the class to which the custom filter belongs.
TABLE 9-6 Action Types and Associated Fields for Event Filter Actions (Continued)
Action Type Filter Action Detail Description