Configuring Notification Servers

This section describes the purpose of a notification server and describes how to configure a server as a notification server.

Note

You must use the PATROL KM for Event Management to complete this task. This functionality is not available in PATROL Configuration Manager. However, once you configure one notification server, you can use the PATROL Configuration Manager to copy your configuration to other notification servers.

To Configure a Notification Server

  1. From the PATROL console, access the managed system you are using as your notification server and display the KM menu commands as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
  2. Choose the KM menu command Event Management > Quick Config > Notification Server.
     The Quick Config - Notification Server dialog box opens as shown in the following figure.

    Quick Config - Notification Server Dialog Box

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    Use the Quick Config - Notification Server dialog box to specify the notification server properties. The notification server properties are described in the following table:The [confluence_table-plus] macro is a standalone macro and it cannot be used inline.
  3. Define the notification server properties and click Accept.
  4. Repeat this task for the server you are using as the backup notification server.

 Specifying Where to Send Notifications From

You can send notifications from the local machine on which the alerts occur or you can send notifications from a notification server. This setting is stored in the rule alertSystem and can be specific for each PATROL object. For example, you could send notifications locally for one parameter, while for another parameter you could forward the event to a notification server and configure the notification server to send the notification message.

To Specify Where to Initiate Notifications

  1. For the agent that you want to configure, access the KM menu commands as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
  2. Choose the KM menu command Event Management > Alert Settings > Notification System.
  3. Select the PATROL object (application, class, and parameter) that you want to configure. To configure all PATROL objects, select Set For Classes and then select /.
  4. Select the appropriate alert options as described in Notification System Options.
  5. To save your changes, click Accept.

 

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