HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

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16 Managing Policies
IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Policy Manager may not be available. See the “List of
Features” to determine if you have access to Policy Manager. The “List of Features” is accessible
from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter describes the following:
• ”About Policy Manager” on page 591
• ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 592
• ”Creating Policies” on page 592
• ”Modifying Policies” on page 603
• ”Viewing Policies” on page 609
• ”Deactivating a Policy” on page 610
• ”Deleting Policies” on page 610
• ”Providing E-mail Notification for a Policy” on page 610
• ”Providing Event Generation for a Policy” on page 611
• ”Providing a Custom Command for a Policy” on page 612
About Policy Manager
Policy Manager can automatically send an e-mail, generate an event, or run a custom script when
an element is being overused or when one of the following occurs:
• A new element is discovered
• Successful provisioning occurred
• An event occurred on one or more specified elements
IMPORTANT: Policies are not triggered when a collector is running. For example, assume you
configured a policy to be triggered when a host has a critical event. If a collector is running when a
critical event occurs, the policy is not triggered. Collectors are used to gather information for reports,
monitoring and File System Viewer.
if the collector for a report or Performance Manager is running, the policy is not triggered.
Policy Manager lets you create the following types of policies:
• Utilization policies - Monitors the utilization of an element. Options provided depend on the
type of element.
For example, you can configure Policy Manager so you receive an e-mail message when the
amount of free space on a server decreases to a specified level.