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Chapter 9 Managing Faults
How Did You Manage the Fault?
9.9.2 Exporting Alarms and Events to a Text File
Use the Event Export Manager to export alarms and events to a text file as they occur. In addition, you
can use the Event Export Manager to set various export parameters to refine the export.
Step 1 In the Domain Explorer window, choose Fault > Event Export Manager.
Step 2 The Event Export Manager appears. In the Available Network Elements list, select the NEs that you
want to export and click Add. In the Selected Network Elements list, select the NEs that you do not want
to export and click Remove.
Step 3 To export Cisco MGM-specific alarms and events, check the Export Cisco MGM EMS Alarms/Events
check box.
Step 4 In the Severity area, check the Critical, Major, Minor, Warning, Indeterminate, and/or Cleared
check boxes. Alarms and events with a corresponding severity level will be exported.
Step 5 Specify a destination for the file in the Export To area. Click Browse to browse for a particular
destination. The files can also be overwritten or appended.
Step 6 Select a field separator type in the Export Options area. In addition, check the Stop Export when check
box, and enter a number of records. The Event Export Manager will stop exporting after the
user-specified number of records are exported.
Step 7 Click the Start Export tool. The Event Export Manager exports alarms and events to the specified file
until Stop Export is selected, or until the current Cisco MGM session ends.
Acknowledged Username Login name of the user who acknowledged the alarm or event.
Note MGM is the username registered for alarms that are automatically
acknowledged. Automatic acknowledgement does not overwrite
the username of manually acknowledged alarms.
Acknowledged Time Date and time when the alarm or event was acknowledged.
Note If the alarm acknowledgement is set to Automatic and you can
manually acknowledge an alarm, the Acknowledged Time is not
overwritten when the alarm clears.
Note Any notes that were entered for the selected alarm or event. This field
also shows the login name of the user who entered the note and the time
stamp when the note was entered.
Table 9-19 Field Descriptions for the Alarm Log Window (continued)
Field Description