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7 To make your changes take effect, restart the email filter plug-in.
a In vCenter Operations Manager, select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
b Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Stop icon.
c Select the email filter plug-in instance and click the Start icon.
Edit an Email Template Definition
When you edit an email template definition, you can change the alerts and email address for which the template
is used and specify a different email template file.
You configure email template definitions in the emailFilter.xml file, which is located 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.
vCenter Operations Manager provides several default email template files in the
vcenter-
ops
\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf\default_templates directory. If the default template
files do not meet your needs, you can create custom template files. For formatting requirements, see “Email
Template File Format,” on page 96. You can create custom email template files before or after you edit email
template definitions.
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 an
XML file.
To review your changes before they take effect, you can create or modify other XML files.
3 Select the template definition in the list on the left.
4 Click the Edit icon near the top center of the window.
5 To change the alerts for which the template is used, select a different option from the appropriate drop-
down menu.
Option Action
Alert Type
Select the alert type.
Alert Sub-type
Select the alert subtype.
Status
Select the change in alert condition that generates the notification. Active
indicates that the existing alert was updated.
6 To change the email address for the template definition, type a different email address in the Send to text
box.
The template definition is used for email alert notifications sent to this email address.
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