3.6.0 Matrix Server 3.6.0 Administration Guide (5697-7081, December 2007)

Chapter 13: Configure Event Notifiers and View Events 164

Import or Export the Notifier Event Settings

The import and export features and can used if you will be configuring a

new matrix and want to use the notifier event settings that you have

configured on the existing matrix.

Click the Export Definitions button to save the current settings to the file

of your choice. (The default is your home directory.) The exported settings

include all of the event notifiers and their event definition assignments.

The file is written in XML format.

When configuring the new matrix, click Import Definitions to import the

file containing the notifier event settings. The imported settings will

replace the current event notification settings.

To import or export notifier event settings from the command line, use

these commands:

mx eventnotifier import <file.xml>

mx eventnotifier export <file.xml>

Using Custom Notifier Scripts

Custom notifier scripts can be used to access event information in a

flexible way. If you need to act on events in a manner not covered by the

built-in SNMP or Email notifiers, you can write an arbitrary script or

program to parse or act on specific events.

Event Information

When a custom script is invoked for an event, information about the

event is passed in the following ways:

• Event details are placed into a set of environment variables for access

by the custom script or program.

• Event details, formatted in XML, are passed to the standard input

(stdin) of the script or program.