How to create a notification

Ops Center Protector User Guide

Version

7.7.x

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-99PRT002-08

ft:lastEdition

2023-10-26

If you intend to use email as the notification method, you must configure the email notification settings first. Refer to How to configure email settings for notifications.

Any message that appears in the Logs Inventory can be configured to generate a notification via email, SNMP or the System Event Log. A notification can either be created from the Notifications Inventory (in which case the notification parameters must be supplied by the user) or from the Logs Inventory (in which case the notification parameters are provided automatically from the selected log message:

EITHER:
1. From the Logs Inventory select the log message that you want to be notified about by clicking the selection icon to the left of the message.
2. Click the Create Log Notification button at the top of the log message table.
  The Notification Wizard opens and the parameters are automatically populated based on the selected log message.
OR:
1. Open the Notifications Inventory by clicking on Notifications in the Navigation Sidebar
2. Click Create New Item at the top of the notification table.
  The Notification Wizard opens so that the parameters describing the log message can be entered.
3. Select the type of message for which a notification will be generated and enter the required parameters:
  - Logs - creates a notification based on a generic log message.
  - Hitachi Block Device Monitoring - creates a notification based on a specific type of log message associated with Hitachi Block Storage device parameters.
Click Next, then select the Match Behaviour and Notification Method(s)
Click Finish to close the wizard and display the Notifications Inventory.
Create additional conditions by clicking Create New Item at the top of the notification table. Once you have finished creating conditions, it is recommended that you test them (see How to test a notification).