HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

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Creating an automatic event handling task
Perform the following procedure to create a new automatic event handling task to define a response to a
specific event .
NOTE: If you create an automatic event handling task and you do not select a predefined collection that
has event and system information in it, and then you use the mxtask -lf command to create an .XML file
that can be used to create another task, the task and collection that are associated with the task are placed
in the .XML file. If you delete the task, the collection is deleted along with the task. Therefore, the .XML file
can no longer be used to create a new task with the collection that is referenced in the .XML file. Any time
you create an automatic event handling task that includes selecting event information and then system
information, that information is stored in a hidden collection that is unavailable for use by any task other
than the immediate task. See the HP SIM 5.2 Command Line Interface Reference Guide at http://
h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for more information.
1. Select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→New Task. The Automatic Event Handling
- New Task page appears.
2. Enter a name in the Task name field, or accept the default, and then click Next. The Select event
collection page appears.
3. Select one of the following:
a. Use this event collection
i. Select an event collection from the dropdown list.
Note: Select an event collection. The event collection is a collection that is defined by event
attributes. The event collection might be a combination collection containing system information.
If the collection contains system information, step iii will not appear. If you select an event
collection that contains additional event collections, you will receive an error message.
ii. (Optional) Click View Definition to view the collection attributes that define the event collection.
Note: This field is displayed if you selected an existing private or shared event collection. If
the collection was created using the Automatic Event Handling feature that enables you to
select event and system information, this will not be displayed.
iii. Click Next. The Select system collection page appears. If the event collection contains
system information, the select system collection process will not be displayed. Instead, the
Select actions page will appear.
b. Use event attributes that I will specify
i. Click Next. The Select events page appears.
ii. Select event search criteria for defining the task:
• List criteria
• Comparison option
• Value for the criteria or comparison options selected
To add additional search criteria, click Add.
See “Performing an advanced search for events” for more information about event searches.
c. Click Next. The Select system collection page appears.
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