activatenotification CLI command

Use this command to activate notifications for the specified notifications or all notifications. You can only activate notifications that already exist.

Additionally, you can preview the notifications that will be affected by the criterion that you specify.

To understand the syntax and examples, see:

Related topics

inactivatenotification CLI command

Managing the product from the command line interface

Setting up notifications to create alerts or reports

Syntax

Note

Before you run the command, note the following points:

Set up the CLI. For more information, see Managing the product from the command line interface.
Prefix this command with the following, as appropriate:
- For Windows: itda.bat
- For Linux: ./itda.sh

activatenotification -u <userName> -w <password> -d <hostName> -p <port> -n <Notification-List> [-l <locale>] [-s] [-y]

Angle brackets (< >) indicate a variable value that needs to be user defined.
Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional parameters.

The following table describes the parameters used in the syntax:

Parameter	Description
-u	User name to use to connect with the Console Server.
-w	Password corresponding to the user name to use to connect with the Console Server.
-d	Host name of the Console Server.
-p	Port number of the Console Server.
-n	Name of the notification that you want to activate. You can specify the name in the following ways: To activate multiple notifications, specify a comma-separated list of notification names. To activate all the existing notifications, specify `all`. To activate notifications with a similar name, you can use asterisk () as a wildcard character to substitute portions of the value. For example `bppmNoti`. Notes: You can use asterisk as the wildcard character even while specifying a comma-separated list of notification names. If the notification name contains spaces, you must enclose the name in double-quotes. If the notification name itself contains an asterisk (), then you need to escape it by preceding the asterisk () with two backward slashes (\\). Example: `-n notification\\*`
-l	(Optional) Indicates the locale in which you want to display messages when the command is run. You can set one of the following locales: English Simplified Chinese German French By default, the messages are displayed in the locale of the system on which the CLI is run. The value can be set to one of the following depending on the locale you choose: English: `en` Simplified Chinese: `chs` German: `de` French: `fr` Example: If you want to set the locale as Simplified Chinese, you need to specify, `l=chs`.
-s	(Optional) Indicates an HTTPS connection.
-y	(Optional) Preview the notifications that will be affected by this command. Note: This parameter only provides a preview and does not actually run the command. To run the command, you must exclude this parameter.

Example inputs

The following example provides the input for activating notifications with the names, Errors in last one hour and Login failures:

activatenotification -u admin -w admin12345 -d localhost -p 9797 -n "Errors in last one hour", "Login failures"

The following example provides the input for activating all the existing notifications:

activatenotification -u admin -w admin12345 -d localhost -p 9797 -n all

The following example provides the input for activating notifications starting with the name HoustonNoti*:

activatenotification -u admin -w admin12345 -d localhost -p 9797 -n HoustonNoti*

activatenotification CLI command

Syntax

Example inputs

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