Filtering Notifications; Deleting Notification Methods; Probes - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.1.1 Reference Manual

Note
You can halt or redirect almost all probe notifications by replying to a notification emails
with a variation of the command ack suspend host. However, you cannot halt
Satellite probe notifications by responding to a probe with ack suspend host or
other redirect responses. These probes require you to change the notifications within
the web interface of the Satellite.

7.4.4. Filtering Notifications

Since notifications can be generated whenever a probe changes state, simple changes in your
network can result in a flood of notifications. The creation, cancellation, and application of Notification
filters is discussed in detail in

7.4.5. Deleting Notification Methods

Theoretically, removing notification methods should be as easy as creating them. After all, you must
populate no fields to conduct the deletion and a button exists for this explicit purpose. However,
existing relationships between methods and probes can complicate this process. Follow these steps to
remove a notification method:
1. Log into the RHN website as an Satellite Administrator or Monitoring Administrator.
2. Navigate to the Monitoring
3. On the User Details
associated with any probes, you are presented with a confirmation page. Click Confirm Deletion.
The notification method is removed.
Tip
Since both the notification method name and address can be edited, consider
updating the method rather than deleting it. This redirects notifications from all
probes using the method without having to edit each probe and create a new
notification method.
4. If the method is associated with one or more probes, you are presented with a list of the probes
using the method and the systems to which the probes are attached instead of a confirmation page.
Click the probe name to go directly to the System Details
5. On the System Details
6. You may now return to the Monitoring

7.5. Probes

Now that the Red Hat Network Monitoring Daemon has been installed and notification methods have
been created, you may begin installing probes on your Monitoring-entitled systems. If a system is
entitled to Monitoring, a Probes tab appears within its System Details page. This is where you will
conduct most probe-related work.
Section 6.10.2.1, "Notification
Notifications page and click the name of the method to be removed.
Notification Methods tab, click delete method. If the method is not
Probes tab, select another notification method and click Update Probe.
Notifications page and delete the notification method.
Filtering Notifications
Filters".
Probes tab.
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