HP OpenView Storage Management Appliance V2.0 Software User Guide (AA-RS0AC-TE, December 2002)

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Monitoring Events
This chapter describes how to create and configure event notifications. The
following topics are covered:
■ About Events, page 58
■ About Logs, page 60
■ Using Event and Audit Logs, page 61
■ Using Backup and Restore Logs, page 66
■ About Notification Types, page 66
■ Configuring User Properties for Notification, page 68
■ Setting Up Notifications, page 71
■ Working with Event Notifications, page 82
The Storage Management Appliance identifies devices and applications in
your storage environment by running any number of discovery processes.
Many of the discovered devices and applications generate events that help
you monitor SAN operations. An event can identify a routine happening, such
as starting an application or a critical happening, such as a hardware failure.
The Management Appliance automatically records events in one of several
logs.
For most events, you can set notification parameters that specify how you
want the Management Appliance to distribute event information received
from a device or application. You can send event information to specific
people using standard e-mail or an e-mail pager. You also have the option to
forward event information as an SNMP trap to another host.