Configuring Cluster Event Notification; Setting Up Email Notification Of Cluster Events; Associating Events And Email Addresses; Configuring Email Notification Settings - HP StorageWorks x9300 Administrator's Manual

5 Configuring cluster event notification

Setting up email notification of cluster events

You can set up event notifications by event type or for one or more specific events. To set up
automatic email notification of cluster events, associate the events with email recipients and then
configure email settings to initiate the notification process.

Associating events and email addresses

You can associate any combination of cluster events with email addresses: all Alert, Warning, or
Info events, all events of one type plus a subset of another type, or a subset of all types.
The notification threshold for Alert events is 90% of capacity. Threshold-triggered notifications are
sent when a monitored system resource exceeds the threshold and are reset when the resource
utilization dips 10% below the threshold. For example, a notification is sent the first time usage
reaches 90% or more. The next notice is sent only if the usage declines to 80% or less (event is
reset), and subsequently rises again to 90% or above.
To associate all types of events with recipients, omit the -e argument in the following command.
Use the ALERT, WARN, and INFO keywords to make specific type associations or use EVENTLIST
to associate specific events.
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -c [-e ALERT|WARN|INFO|EVENTLIST] -m EMAILLIST
The following command associates all types of events to admin@hp.com:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -c -m admin@hp.com
The next command associates all Alert events and two Info events to admin@hp.com:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -c -e ALERT,server.registered,filesystem.space.full
-m admin@hp.com

Configuring email notification settings

Configuring email notification settings involves specifying the SMTP server and header information
and turning the notification process on or off. The state of the email notification process has no
effect on the display of cluster events in the management console GUI.
The server must be able to receive and send email and must recognize the From and Reply-to
addresses. Be sure to specify valid email addresses, especially for the SMTP server. If an address
is not valid, the SMTP server will reject the email.
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -m on|off -s SMTP -f from [-r reply-to] [-t subject]
The following command configures email settings to use the mail.hp.com SMTP server and to turn
on notifications:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -m on -s mail.hp.com -f FM@hp.com
-r MIS@hp.com -t Cluster1 Notification

Turning email notifications on or off

After configuration is complete, use the -m on option to turn on email notifications. To turn off
email notifications, use the -m off option.
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -m on|off -s SMTP -f from

Dissociating events and email addresses

To remove the association between events and email addresses, use the following command:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -d [-e ALERT|WARN|INFO|EVENTLIST] -m EMAILLIST
For example, to dissociate event notifications for admin@hp.com:
<installdirectory>/bin/ibrix_event -d -m admin@hp.com
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