DCE notification policies

In the Alarm Configuration perspective, you can create a new notification policy in the Notification Policies view. You select any existing notification policy, or use the Create Notification Policy icon 92307480_360039287793.png, to create a new notification policy. A notification policy must include at least one threshold or device, and one alarm action before it can be used to generate alarm notifications. No thresholds or actions are included by default in a new notification policy. Select the Create Notification Policy icon or right-click option in the Notification Policies view. In the "Create New Notification Policy" display, identify a policy name, choose the thresholds, devices, and actions to add to the notification policy. Click Add to configure the alarm actions to add to the notification policy. Click Manage Actions to create alarm actions, or modify or remove existing alarm actions on the server. Check-mark one or more actions to configure their notification options, check-mark the actions you want to add to the notification policy, and click OK . On the Thresholds tab, click Choose Thresholds to identify the thresholds you want to add to the notification policy. In the "Choose Thresholds" display, you select a device group or device, select the thresholds you want to add to the notification policy, and click the Add Selected Thresholds button. Use the Remove Selected Thresholds to refine the list. Click OK to exit the display. Note You can modify thresholds in the Threshold Alarm Configuration view in the Alarm Configuration perspective. On the Devices tab, click Choose Devices to identify the devices you want to add to the notification policy. In the "Choose Devices" display, you select a device group or device you want to add to the notification policy, and click OK. Note All device alarms reported by the device or device group selected will be added to the notification policy. You can modify the alarm configuration for alarm types or individual device alarms in the Device Alarm Configuration view in the Alarm Configuration perspective. Modify the alarm actions, thresholds, or devices you have added to the notification policy, if necessary, or click OK to exit the display.

Edit a notification policy used by the server to generate alarm notifications. In the Notification Policies view of the Alarm Configuration perspective, you can select a notification policy, and change the policy name, choose the thresholds and devices to include in the notification policy; and add, edit, and remove alarm actions. Note A notification policy must include at least one threshold or device and one alarm action before it can be used to generate alarm notifications. The right-click menu Edit in the Notification Policy Name list, and the Edit Notification Policy icon 92307528_360038796074.pngof the Notification Policies view, provide access to the "Edit Notification Policy" display.

Create a new notification policy or edit an existing notification policy used by the server to generate alarm notifications. A Default notification policy exists for the Data Center Expert server. This default notification policy cannot be deleted, but it can be edited and renamed. Note A notification policy must include at least one threshold or device and one alarm action before it can be used to generate alarm notifications. Three menus and one button icon in the Alarm Configuration perspective provide access to the Create New Notification Policy display: Right-click menu Create in the Notification Policy Name pane of the Notification Policies view. Button icon Create Notification Policy 92307481_360038793954.pngin the Notification Policies view. Right-click menu Add Thresholds to Notification Policy in the Navigation view. Right-click menu Add Thresholds to Notification Policy in the Threshold Alarm Configuration view. One menu and one button icon in the Notification Policies view provide access to the Edit Notification Policy display: Right-click menu Edit in the Notification Policy Name pane. Button icon Edit Notification Policy ( 92307478_360038793954.png). Element Description Policy Name Identify the name of the notification policy. Actions Displays the actions and action options included in the notification policy. You can click on any column head (Action, Delay (min), Repeat, or Interval (min) ) to sort the list. Add Click to add actions to the notification policy. Note To add alarm actions, use the "Manage Alarm Actions" display, accessed by the Manage Actions button. Edit Click to edit the options for the selected alarm action. Note To edit alarm actions, use the "Manage Alarm Actions" display, accessed by the Manage Actions button. Remove Click to delete an action from the notification policy. Note The action is deleted from the notification policy only, and remains on the Data Center Expert server for future use. To delete alarm actions from the Data Center Expert server, use the "Manage Alarm Actions" display, accessed by the Manage Actions button in the Add and Edit Alarm Action displays, or the Manage Alarm Actions option in the Alarm Configuration menu. Thresholds Displays the thresholds included in the notification policy. Choose Thresholds Click to select thresholds to include in the notification policy. Devices Displays the devices included in the notification policy. Choose Devices Click to select devices to include in the notification policy

Use this display to select the parent device that can use the alert profile. Each NetBotz Appliance is the parent device for the sensor, camera, and other serial devices, as well as for the SNMP devices it monitors. Parent Description NetBotz Appliance Associates the alert profile with the selected NetBotz Appliance for use with its alert thresholds.

This view in the Alarm Configuration perspective shows the default and user-created notification policies. You can create your own custom notification policies for the Data Center Expert server, and edit existing policies used to generate alarm notifications. A Default notification policy exists for the Data Center Expert server. This default notification policy cannot be deleted, but it can be edited and renamed. Note A notification policy must include at least one threshold or device and one alarm action before it can be used to generate alarm notifications. You can use the button icons and the right-click options at the top of the view to perform the following functions: Create a new notification policy, and add one or more alarm actions, and one or more thresholds and devices, for the selected device group or device (Create option and icon 92307530_360039289013.png). Edit the thresholds, devices, and alarm actions for the selected notification policy (Edit option and icon 92307527_360039289013.png). Delete the selected notification policy (Delete option and icon 92307531_360039289013.png). Add, edit, delete, and test alarm actions for the selected notification policy using the "Manage Alarm Actions" display (Manage Alarm Actions 92307538_360039289013.png).

This option allows you to create a policy used by the server to generate alarm notifications. In the Notification Policies view of the Alarm Configuration perspective, you can create a new notification policy, and choose the thresholds, and SNMP and Modbus devices, to include in the new policy; view the thresholds and devices you have added, and add alarm actions and configure options for those actions. Note A notification policy must include at least one threshold or device and one alarm action before it can be used to generate alarm notifications. The right-click menu Create in the Notification Policy Name list, and the Create Notification Policy icon ( 92307467_360039287713.png) in the Notification Policies view, provide access to the "Create New Notification Policy" display.

Select the devices that will be part of a new or existing notification policy. You checkmark the device groups or devices in the navigation tree to add all the alarms reported by the devices for that selection to the notification policy. You can then modify the configurations for individual device alarms in the Device Alarm Configuration view. Note All the devices monitored by the Data Center Expert server are added to the Default notification policy at device discovery. Note You must click OK in the "Choose Devices" display, and the "Create or Edit Notification Policy" display to apply your changes. You can use the search feature to do the following: Type text in the Search field to filter the navigation tree or the thresholds list. You can broaden or narrow your search using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. Only items that contain the text you specify in the Search field are displayed. When the results of a search are displayed, the background of the search field is shaded. When you clear the Search field, the background shading is removed and all items are displayed. Note  Search fields support the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT only.

Add or edit the alert sequences you want a profile to use. Alert notifications will cease as soon as the triggering event clears; a cleared notification is sent for each alert action, unless the alert action has Do Not Send Return-to-Normal Messages selected in the Advanced tab of the alert action's configuration display. Element Description Label Identify a name for the sequence. Delay (minutes) Define how long the NetBotz Appliance will wait after it becomes aware of a threshold violation, or other alarm, associated with the alert profile, before it generates an alert notification. Interval (minutes) Define how long the sequence will wait before it repeats the alert notification. Repeat (number of times) Identify how many times the sequence will repeat itself. Repeat until Alert Cleared Select to have the sequence repeat itself continuously. Capture Settings Select the capture settings for Graphs, Pictures, and Maps that may be included with the sequence's alert notifications: Capture if Requested, Always Capture, or Never Capture. Actions Add Action: click to add an available alert action to the actions list for the alert sequence. Note Only alert actions available for the parent device selected for the alert profile will be shown. Remove Action: click to permanently remove a selected alert action from the alert sequence. View Action: click to review or modify a selected alert action's configuration. Test Action: click to test a selected alert action.

    Delete Notification Policy option This option in the Alarm Configuration perspective allows you to delete a notification policy used by the server to generate alarm notifications. The right-click menu Delete in the Notification Policy Name list, and the Delete Notification Policy icon ( 92307534_360038795734.png) of the Notification Policies view, allow you to delete the selected notification policies. Note  The Default notification policy cannot be deleted.    

Select the thresholds that will be part of a new or existing notification policy. You select a device group or device in the navigation tree to display the thresholds that can be added to the notification policy for the selection. You can add all the thresholds, or choose only those thresholds you want to add to the notification policy. Note  You can hold the Ctrl key down to select multiple items in both the navigation tree and the thresholds list. The number of thresholds in the notification policy is displayed. You must click OK in the "Choose Thresholds" display, and the "Create or Edit Notification Policy" display to apply your changes. You can use the search feature, table columns, and button icons to do the following: Type text in the Search field to filter the navigation tree or the thresholds list. You can broaden or narrow your search using the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT. Only items that contain the text you specify in the Search field are displayed. When the results of a search are displayed, the background of the search field is shaded. When you clear the Search field, the background shading is removed and all items are displayed. Note Search fields support the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT only. Access the "Configure Navigation Tree Labels" display to select up to three labels to specify how monitored devices appear in the navigation tree (Configure Navigation Tree Labels icon 92307479_360039286313.png). Note Changes to the navigation tree labels in this display affect the navigation tree in the Navigation view. Access the Configure Columns display to select the attribute columns that appear in the list. (Configure columns icon 92307468_360039286313.png). Note Changes to the columns in this display affect the columns in the Thresholds view. Enable filters to specify the threshold attributes that appear in the list (Filter Thresholds icon 92307469_360039286313.png). Click a column title to sort the list in ascending or descending order based on that column's information. The Add Selected Thresholds and Remove Selected Thresholds buttons are used to add thresholds to or remove thresholds from the notification policy. When you add thresholds to the notification policy, a 'plus-sign' icon ( 92307482_360039286313.png) indicates which thresholds were added. When you remove a threshold from the notification policy, the icon is removed. Note When you remove thresholds from the notification policy, the thresholds remain in the list for the device group or device, and can be readded, if desired.

  Select the profile you want to manage. Element Description List Lists the existing alert profiles on the selected parent device. Add profile Click to add a new profile. Remove profile Click to delete a profile. The default profile, indicated by an asterisk, can never be deleted. Note If you delete a profile that is associated with an alert threshold, the alert threshold will then use the default profile.  

Manage alert sequences Each alert sequence allows you to add a new set of alert actions. Alert sequences allow you to stagger notifications based on the duration of an alarm condition. Note  The alert profile must be associated with an alert threshold. Element Description Profile name Identify a name for the profile. List Identifies the alert sequences associated with the profile, by Sequence Name, and their Delay (minutes), Repeats, and Interval (minutes) values. Add sequence Click to add a new alert sequence. Edit sequence Click to edit a selected alert sequence. Remove sequence Click to remove a selected alert sequence. Suppress alert notifications Select to suppress notifications for a defined period of time for the alert thresholds that use the profile.