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Option Description
Resend value
(Optional) If the email address should receive messages at intervals while
the alert condition remains in effect, type a value in the Resend value text
box. For example, type 60 to send an alert notification email message every
hour as long as the alert condition is met.
Delay value
(Optional) To specify a delay between the time an alert meets the conditions
of the filtering rule and when vCenter Operations Manager sends the first
message to the email address, type a value in the Delay value text box. For
example, you might want to delay sending the message if the recipient
should be notified only if the condition is not corrected within a specific
period of time.
7 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.
To have your changes affect the behavior of the email filter plug-in, you must save your changes in
emailFilter.xml.
8 Select Actions > Close to close the Configuration File editor.
Delete a Filtering Rule
If you do not need a filtering rule, you can delete it.
You define filtering rules 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 82.
Procedure
1 To start the Configuration File editor, use any standard Windows method to run the file
FilterPluginConfEditor.jar.
FilterPluginConfEditor.jar is located in the
vcenter-
ops
\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf directory.
2 Select Actions > Open and open emailFilter.xml.
3 Select the filtering rule from the list on the right.
4 Click the Delete icon.
5 Select Actions > Save to save your changes to emailFilter.xml.
6 Select Actions > Close to close the Configuration File editor.
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