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Testing Notification Rules

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You can use the What If? feature of the PATROL Configuration Manager to determine which rules are triggered when a parameter enters a specified state, such as ALARM or WARN. You can use this information to determine whether you have configured the notification rules correctly.

Before You Begin

Before using the What If? feature to test your notification rules, configure the agent as desired. Then, from the PATROL Configuration Manager, perform a get on the agent to obtain the latest configuration.

To Test Rules Using the What If? Feature

  1. From the left pane of the PATROL Configuration Manager, right-click the remote agent or notification server that you want to test and choose the menu command Event Management > What If.
  2. From the What If dialog box, click Browse and then select the parameter that you want to test.
  3. In the Status field, select the event that you want to test (INFORMATION, WARN, or ALARM).
  4. If necessary, specify the day of the week and the time. This may be necessary if you have configured blackout periods when notification is disabled.
  5. To perform the test, Click OK.

The What If Results dialog box is displayed as shown in the following figure. It shows the rules that would be triggered and their associated values.

What If Results Dialog Box

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BMC PATROL for Event Management 2.9.00