5.6

Modifying Email Alert Notifications
You can edit and delete filtering rules and email template definitions.
Edit a Filtering Rule
When you edit a filtering rule, you can modify the condition type, condition value, and email address values
for specific conditions.
You define filtering rules in the emailFilter.xml file, which is in the vcenter-
ops\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf directory.
If you are using the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, edit the emailFilter.xml file on the second virtual
machine.
For vCenter Operations Manager Standalone, you can edit emailFilter.xml directly or you can use the
Configuration File editor. This procedure describes how to use the Configuration File editor.
For the vCenter Operations Manager vApp, you must edit emailFilter.xml directly. You cannot use the
Configuration File editor with the vCenter Operations Manager vApp. For descriptions of the XML elements
in emailFilter.xml, see “emailFilter.xml File,” on page 92.
Procedure
1 To start the Configuration File editor, use any standard Windows method to run the file
FilterPluginConfEditor.jar.
FilterPluginConfEditor.jar is in the
vcenter-ops \user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf
directory.
2 Select Actions > Open to open emailFilter.xml or another XML file, or select Actions > New to create a
new XML file.
To review your changes before they take effect, you can create and modify other XML files.
3 Select the filtering rule from the list on the right.
4 Click the Edit icon near the top right of the window.
The list on the left shows the existing conditions for the filtering rule. The list on the right shows where
to send alert notifications if they meet the conditions for the rule.
5 To edit a condition, select the condition and click the Edit icon.
You can change the condition type or condition value.
6 To edit an email address for a condition, select the address and click the Edit icon.
Option Description
Address type
Select email to send both the message subject and text, or SMS to send only
the message subject to the email address.
Address value
Type the destination email address.
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