Users Guide

NOTE: Emails for multiple alerts of the same category, message ID and content are triggered only once every 2
minutes to avoid repeated or redundant alert messages in the inbox.
● SNMP Trap Forwarding (Enable)—Click Enable to view the SNMP Configuration window where you can configure the
SNMP settings for the alert. See Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts on page 116.
● Syslog (Enable)—Click Enable to view the Syslog Configuration window where you can configure the system log settings
for the alert. See Configure SMTP, SNMP, and Syslog alerts on page 116.
● Select the Ignore check box to ignore the alert message and not activate the alert policy.
● Send an SMS to specified phone number.
● Power Control—Select Power Control check box to view the actions where you can turn on, turn off, power cycle, or
gracefully shutdown a device. To shut down an operating system before performing power control actions, select the
Shut down OS First check box.
● Remote Script Execution (Enable)—Click Enable to view the Remote Command Setting window where you can add and
run remote commands on remote nodes. For more information about adding remote commands, see Execute remote
commands and scripts on page 117.
From the drop-down menu, select the script that you want to run when this alert policy is run. You can set up running the
remote command also as described in Managing OpenManage Enterprise appliance settings on page 140.
● Send a notification to the mobile phone registered with OpenManage Enterprise. See OpenManage Mobile settings on
page 167.
7. Review the details of the created alert policy in the Summary tab and click Finish.
The alert policy is successfully created and listed in the Alert Policies section.
Manage alert policies
After alert policies have been created on the Alert Policies page, you can edit, enable, disable, and delete them. In addition,
OME provides built-in alert policies that trigger associated actions when the alert is received. You cannot edit or delete the
built-in alert policies, however, you can only enable or disable them.
To view the created alert policies, click Alerts > Alerts Policies.
To select all the alert policies, select the check box to the left of Enabled. Select one or more check boxes next to the alert
policy to perform the following actions:
● Edit an alert policy: Select an alert policy and click Edit to edit the required information in the Configure and manage alert
policies on page 114 dialog box.
NOTE: Only one alert policy can be edited at a time.
NOTE: The Time Interval check box is disabled by default for alert policies on OpenManage Enterprise versions before
version 3.3.1. After upgrading, enable the Time Interval and update the fields to reactivate the policies.
● Enable alert policies: Select the alert policy and click Enable. A check mark appears under the Enabled column when an
alert policy is enabled. The Enable button of an alert policy that is already enabled appears grayed-out.
● Disable alert policies: Select the alert policy and click Disable. The alert policy is disabled and the tick mark in the
ENABLED column is removed.
You can also disable an alert policy while creating the alert policy by clearing the Enable Policy check box in the Name and
Description section.
● Delete alert policies: Select the alert policy and click Delete.
You can delete multiple alert policies at a time by selecting the respective check boxes. To select or clear all the check
boxes, select the check box in the header row next to ENABLED.
Forward audit logs to remote Syslog servers
To monitor all the audit logs of OpenManage Enterprise from Syslog servers, you can create an alert policy. All the audit logs
such as user login attempts, creation of alert policies, and running different jobs can be forwarded to Syslog servers.
To create an alert policy to forward audit logs to Syslog servers:
1. Select Alerts > Alert Policies > Create.
2. In the Create Alert Policy dialog box, in the Name and Description section, enter a name and description of the alert
policy.
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