This task provides step-by-step instructions for configuring IBM® Director
to send you e-mail notifications of SAN Volume Controller errors and events.
Prerequisites
If you are not configuring service alert for SAN Volume Controller,
you will need to perform steps 1-7 from the "Configuring service alert for
SAN Volume Controller" procedure before starting this procedure.
Context
Perform the following steps to set up your e-mail notification:
Steps
- Log on to the master console.
- From the desktop, double-click the IBM Director Console icon to open the IBM Director
console.
- Log on to the IBM Director console.
- From the IBM Director main panel, click . The Event
Action Plan Builder window opens.
- From the Event Action Plan Builder window, right-click Simple
Event Filter and click New.
- A new simple event filter builder window open. Perform the following
steps:
- In the Event Type tab, ensure that the Any option is not checked.
- Expand the tree in the Event Type tab to select the following:
SNMP.iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.ibm.ibmProd.190
- Click .
- Enter 2145Event as the name of the event filter and click OK.
- Click .
- Enter 2145Event as the name of the event filter and click OK.
- Right-click Send an Internet (SMTP) E-mail in the right
column of the Event Action Plan Builder window and select Customize.
- Enter the following information in the displayed form:
- Internet E-mail Address. Enter an e-mail address (for example,
the e-mail address of the system administrator).
- Reply to. Enter the e-mail address to which you want replies to
be directed.
- SMTP E-mail server. Enter the name or IP address of the SMTP mail
server.
- SMTP port. Enter the port number through which e-mail is sent to
your e-mail server. The default is 25.
- Subject of Email Message. Enter the following text: 2145 Event
Notification.
- Body of E-mail Message. Enter any information that you want to
be sent to the recipient of the e-mail (for example machine location information).
The body of the e-mail will also contain all the SNMP trap data containing
the details of the event.
- Click .
- Enter 2145EventNot as the name of the e-mail action, and
then click OK.
- Expand the hierarchy in the left
column of the Event Action Plan window.
- Expand the Simple Event Filter hierarchy in the middle column of
the Event Action Plan Builder window.
- Click Yes in response to any warning pop-up windows that
open.
- Expand the Send an Internet (SMTP) E-mail hierarchy in the
right column of the Event Action Plan Builder window.
- Drag the 2145EventNot item from the Send an Internet
(SMTP) E-mail hierarchy to the 2145Event item in the leftmost
column.
- Click Yes in response to any warning pop-up windows that
open.
- Optionally, enable the action history, which will show a history
of all events.
- Right click the action plan that you created.
- Click Action History.
- Click Enable.
- Close the Event Action Plan Builder window.
- Close the main IBM Director Window.