Configuring email notification

Before you begin

Before you configure email notification, determine the following:

• Which type of command-line email program to use
• Which remote agents to monitor
• The notification servers (primary and backup) for each remote agent
• The command (script) used to send email notifications. For more information, see Using notification scripts.
• Which application instances or parameters to create notifications for
• The data to include with the notification (optional)
• Who to send the email notification to (targets)
• Where to place notification rules (remote agents or notification servers). For more information, see Deciding where to place rules.

To configure email notification

1. Specify the command-line email client that you want to use for e-mail notification. For more information, see Using notification scripts.
2. Configure the notification servers and specify the default notification script as described in Configuring notification servers.
3. Configure the remote agents to send notification events to the notification servers as described in Configuring remote agents.
4. Select the PATROL object (applications, instances, or parameters) that you want to create notifications for.
5. Make sure notification is enabled for the PATROL object. For more information, see Enabling-and-disabling-notification-and-recovery-actions.
6. Determine where the notification will be sent from (the local agent or the notification server). For more information, see Specifying-where-to-initiate-notifications.
7. Supply the email notification targets (recipients). For more information, see Entering-email-targets.
8. Test the notification as described in Testing notification.
9. Reword the notification message as needed. For more information, see Rewording notification messages.