Users Guide

1. Click the MOBILE cell corresponding to the alert policy. If enabled, the policy is disabled and the tick mark disappears. Vice-versa if
disabled.
• Send an SMS message:
1. Click the SMS cell corresponding to the alert policy.
2. In the Alert Actions: SMS dialog box, type phone number.
3. Click Finish. A tick mark is displayed in the cell. SMS message is sent when an alert is received that meets the set policy criteria.
NOTE: An SMS is sent to only the US-based cell phones.
• Perform a power control action on the device:
1. Click the Power Control cell corresponding to the alert policy.
2. In the Alert Actions: Power Control dialog box, select to indicate if you want power cycle, turn off, or turn on a device.
3. Click Finish. A tick mark is displayed in the cell. SMS message is sent when an alert is received that meets the set policy criteria.
• Run a remote script:
1. Click the Remote Script Execution cell corresponding to the alert policy.
NOTE: Because the remote script feature is supported only on the Linux servers, the SSH commands can be run
only on the Linux servers but not on the Windows servers.
2. When prompted, click YES.
3. On the Script Execution tab, under Remote Command Setting, complete the tasks in Create a Remote command job for
managing devices. A tick mark is displayed in the cell. The specified command is run when an alert is received that meets the set
policy criteria.
Related tasks
Delete alert policies
Disable alert policies
Enable alert policies
Edit alert policies
Create alert policies
Create alert policies
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary user privileges. See Role-based
OpenManage Enterprise user privileges.
1. Click Alert Policies > Create.
2. In the Create Alert Policy dialog box, in the Name and Description section, enter the name and description of the alert policy.
a) To enable an alert policy by default, select the Enable Policy check box.
b) Click Next.
3. In the Category section, select the All check box to apply the alert policy to all the available categories. By default, the following
categories are displayed, but not applied. To view sub-categories under each category, expand the category:
a) Click Next.
4. In the Target section, add devices or groups. See Select target devices and device groups.
• To specify an undiscovered device (third-party device), select Specific Undiscovered Devices, and then type the IP address or
host name.
• To specify any undiscovered device, select Any Undiscovered Devices.
NOTE: The Remote Script Execution and Power Action tasks cannot be performed on the undiscovered devices.
NOTE: Alerts from such foreign and undiscovered devices can be ignored.
NOTE: Alerts of SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3 protocols sent by such undiscovered (foreign) devices are
recognized by OME.
• Click Next.
5. (Optional) By default, the alert policies are always active. To limit activity, in the Date and Time section, select the from and to dates,
and then select the time frame.
a) Select the check boxes corresponding to the dates on which the alert policies must be run.
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