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Unlike performance metrics, which typically come from the INCHARGE-AM-PM suite, events typically come
from the INCHARGE-SA suite. You should create a separate EMC Smarts adapter instance to connect to the
SA suite to monitor for events.
Events from EMC Smarts appear for a resource in vCenter Operations Manager only if
vCenter Operations Manager is actively monitoring for that resource. The EMC Smarts adapter instance that
is monitoring for the resource must be running from the same collector as the adapter instance that is
monitoring for events.
Prerequisites
Create a separate EMC Smarts adapter instance to connect to the SA suite to monitor for events. See “Add an
Adapter Instance,” on page 16.
Procedure
1 Open the smarts_adapter.properties file in a text editor.
In a vApp installation, modify the smarts_adapter.properties file on the Analytics virtual machine.
2 Set the NotificationListName property to the name of the notification list to monitor for events.
The default setting is Default, which corresponds to the default notification list.
NOTE Because notification list names are prepended with ICS_NL-, the actual name of the default
notification list is ICS_NL-Default.
3 Specify each class to monitor in the ValidClasses property.
The adapter filters out events for classes that are not in this list. Use a comma to separate multiple class
names in the list. The default setting is UnitaryComputerSystem.
4 Specify each event type to monitor in the NotificationEvent property.
The event types that you specify are dependent on the classes that you listed in the ValidClasses property.
Use a comma to separate mulitple events in the list. The default setting includes Down and Unresponsive,
which are specific to the UnitaryComputerSystem class.
NOTE The event types that you specify are associated with all of the classes in the ValidClasses property.
You cannot specify a certain event type only for a certain class.
5 Restart the vCenter Operations Manager collector to make your changes take effect.
The EMC Smarts adapter captures the events that belong to the classes listed in ValidClasses and for which
an event type is specified in NotificationEvent.
Enable Smart Discovery
You can configure the EMC Smarts adapter to use smart discovery to discover resources. When you enable
smart discovery, the EMC Smarts adapter performs full discovery during startup and whenever EMC Smarts
reports that it has finished its discovery process.
When smart discovery is disabled (the default behavior), the EMC Smarts adapter performs full discovery
during startup and at the hour of day that you configured for the adapter instance.
Procedure
1 Open the smarts_adapter.properties file in a text editor.
In a vApp installation, modify the smarts_adapter.properties file on the Analytics virtual machine.
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