Edit Alert Definitions
You can edit alert definitions and set
notifications for the preferred system events.
- Click the edit icon on theActioncolumn for the problem you want to edit.
- Change the severity.Applicable only for Problem type - Alert Definition.
- Add or remove event tags if required.Applicable only for Problem type - Alert Definition.
- Select Include/Exclude entities if you want the alert to be enabled or deactivated for selected entities.
- To create inclusion rules:
- SelectInclude/Exclude entitiescheck box.
- ClickINCLUDE.
- Specify the entities which you want to include from the drop-down menu.You can specify multiple entities in the inclusion rule by adding multiple conditions by clickingADD CONDITIONbutton.
- To create exclusion rules:
- SelectInclude/Exclude entitiescheck box.
- ClickEXCLUDE.
- Specify the entities which you want to exclude from the drop-down menu.
- You can create multiple rules in both inclusion and exclusion lists by clickingADD CONDITIONbutton.
- You can also specifyCustom searchby writing your own query to include or exclude entities.
Applicable only for Problem type - Alert Definition. - To get alert notification, do the following:OptionActionIf you do not have an email server configuredClickConfigure Mail Server. To know how to configure a mail server, see Configuring mail server.If you have already configured an email serverEmail notificationSelectEmail immediately,Email daily digest, or both to specify the frequency at which you want to receive the emails.If you selectEmail immediately, you get email notification immediately when an alert is raised.If you selectEmail daily digest, you get email notification at a pre-select time every day for all the alerts that are raised in the system.If you do not have an SNMP trap configuredClickConfigure SNMP Trap. To know how to configure an SNMP trap, see Configure SNMP Trap Destination.If you have already configured an SNMP trap configuredSelect one or more SNMP trap destinations fromSend SNMP Trap todrop-down menu. You can select up to four SNMP trap destinations.
- ClickSUBMIT.