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

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• First assign an SMTP server from which the management server can send its e-mail notifications.
See ”Setting Up E-mail Notification” on page 178 for more information.
• The following instructions assume you have already created a policy. If you have not created a
policy, see the following topics:
•”Creating a Utilization or Backup Policy” on page 581
•”Creating Policies for Discovery” on page 585
•”Creating Policies for Provisioning” on page 587
•”Creating Policies for Events” on page 588
To set up e-mail notification for a policy:
1. Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 580.
2. Click the button corresponding to the policy you want to modify.
3. Click the Send E-mail button.
Policy Manager sends an e-mail when the condition is fulfilled. The software verifies the address
entered has a correct form.
4. Enter a comma-separated list of e-mail addresses, and then click OK.
5. Click the Finish button.
Providing Event Generation for a Policy
You can configure Policy Manager to generate an event when an element is being overused or
when any of the following occurs:
• A new element is discovered
• Successful provisioning occurred
• An event occurred on one or more specified elements
The following instructions assume you have already created a policy. If you have not created a
policy, see the following topics:
• ”Creating a Utilization or Backup Policy” on page 581
• ”Creating Policies for Discovery” on page 585
• ”Creating Policies for Provisioning” on page 587
• ”Creating Policies for Events” on page 588
To set up event generation for a policy:
1. Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 580.
2. Click the button corresponding to the policy you want to modify.
3. Click the Generate Event button.
Policy Manager generates an event of the specified event type. The event appears in Event
Manager. Select one of the following event types.