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Add or Edit a Log File Alert Handler Instance on page 81
A log file alert handler instance saves alert nominations to a log file on the
vCenter Operations Manager server.
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Add or Edit an EMC Smarts Alert Handler Instance on page 82
If you use vCenter Operations Manager with EMC Smarts, you can configure an alert handler instance
to send alerts directly to the EMC Smarts SAM Global Console.
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Start or Stop an Alert Handler Instance on page 83
You can start and stop alert handler instances from the vCenter Operations Manager user interface.
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Delete an Alert Handler Instance on page 83
If you do not need an alert handler instance, you can delete it.
Add or Edit an Email Alert Handler Instance
To send alert notifications to users in email messages, you must create an alert handler that sends alert
notifications to an email filter.
Prerequisites
Set up filtering rules, define email templates, and configure email alert notification settings. See
“Configuring Email Alert Notifications,” on page 83.
Procedure
1 Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
2 Add or edit an email alert handler instance.
Option Action
Add an email alert handler instance
a Click the Add Alert Handler icon.
b Select Email from the Outbound Alert Type drop-down menu.
c Type a name for the alert handler instance in the Instance Name text
box.
Edit an email alert handler instance
Select the alert handler instance and click the Edit Alert Handler icon. You
cannot change the outbound alert type.
3 Configure or modify the email alert handler settings.
Option Description
SMTP_HOST
Type the IP address of the SMTP server. The SMTP server delivers email
messages to the recipients of the alert notifications.
SMTP_PORT
Type the SMTP port number. The default value is 25.
4 Click Test to test the filter.
vCenter Operations Manager verifies that the SMTP host and port you specified are valid and checks
the syntax and data of the emailFilter.xml file.
5 Click OK to save your configuration.
vCenter Operations Manager starts the alert handler instance.
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