Schedule Alarm Actions

You might want to get an email or perform some action when a particular type of alarm is generated. In such a condition, you can configure an alarm action. This is checked whenever an alarm is generated or modified, and if the condition matched, the email is sent.

To schedule a new alarm action, follow these steps:

1. In ‘Admin’ tab, select ‘Schedule Alarm Actions’.

2. Enter an action name.

3. Set the conditions

1. Select the device type (RAID, Host, TapeLibrary, etc. or any)

2. Select the notification severity (Critical, major, minor, warning, or any)

3. Select the devices and move it to the RHS box

4. Select ‘Send E-mail or SMS’ and/or ‘Run Program’ based on your requirements

5. If you select ‘Send E-mail or SMS’, enter the from address, to address, subject, and message for the email / SMS to be sent.

6. If you select ‘Run Program’, enter the command to execute and select the options below if required.

7. Click ‘Add Action’.

The new action is shown in the table.

To enable / disable an alarm action, follow these steps:

1. Click on the green icon against the particular action name in the view table.

To view / modify an alarm action, follow these steps:

1. In ‘Admin’ tab, select ‘Schedule Alarm Actions’.

2. Click the name link of the action that needs modification.

3. The selected values will be shown in the form below.

4. You can change the required values and click ‘Modify Action’.

The alarm action gets modified.

To delete an alarm action, follow these steps:

1. In ‘Admin’ tab, select ‘Schedule Alarm Actions’.

2. Click the trash-can icon against the particular action, in the actions table.

The action gets deleted.