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7 To change the email template file to use, type the name of a different template file in the Template text
box.
The email template file does not have to exist. You can define the template and create the actual email
template file later.
8 Click OK to close the Email Template window.
9 Save your changes.
Option Action
Save your changes to the currently
open file
Select Actions > Save.
Save your changes to a different file
Select Actions > Save As. The plug-in only reads the emailFilter.xml.
10 Click Actions > Close to close the Configuration File Editor.
11 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.
Delete an Email Template Definition
If you do not need an email template definition, you can delete it.
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 for descriptions of the XML elements in
emailFilter.xml.
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 and open emailFilter.xml.
3 Select the email template definition from the list on the left.
4 Click the Delete icon.
5 Select Actions > Save to save your changes to emailFilter.xml.
6 Click Actions > Close to close the Configuration File Editor.
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