HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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16 Managing Policies
IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Policy Manager may not be available. See the “List of
Features” to determine if you have access to Policy Manager. The “List of Features” is accessible
from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About Policy Manager” on page 579
• ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 580
• ”Creating Policies” on page 580
• ”Modifying Policies” on page 591
• ”Viewing Policies” on page 597
• ”Deactivating a Policy” on page 598
• ”Deleting Policies” on page 598
• ”Providing E-mail Notification for a Policy” on page 598
• ”Providing Event Generation for a Policy” on page 599
• ”Providing a Custom Command for a Policy” on page 600
About Policy Manager
Policy Manager can automatically send an e-mail, generate an event, or run a custom script when
an element is being overused or when one of the following occurs:
• A new element is discovered
• Successful provisioning occurred
• An event occurred on one or more specified elements
IMPORTANT: Policies are not triggered when a collector is running. For example, assume you
configured a policy to be triggered when a host has a critical event. If a collector is running when
a critical event occurs, the policy is not triggered. Collectors are used to gather information for
reports, monitoring and File System Viewer.
if the collector for a report or Performance Manager is running, the policy is not triggered.
Policy Manager lets you create the following types of policies:
• Utilization policies - Monitors the utilization of an element. Options provided depend on the
type of element.
For example, you can configure Policy Manager so you receive an e-mail message when the
amount of free space on a server decreases to a specified level.