HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for HP-UX

5. Enter the account user name and password in the corresponding boxes.
6. Note If you did not enter a valid Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host, HP SIM notifies you that it
cannot send e-mail notifications. If you do not want to enter e-mail settings now, click OK, or to enter
a valid SMTP host, click Cancel.
If you are changing the e-mail settings from the Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Email
Settings page, click OK to save changes.
Setting up automatic event handling
Automatic event handling enables you to define an action that HP SIM performs when an event is received.
To set up automatic event handling:
1. Select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→New Task. The Automatic Event Handling
- New Task page appears.
2. There are two ways to specify the event that you want to handle. Select from one of the two radio
buttons:
• with event and system attributes that I will specify
• with an existing event collection
and click Next. The Select name page appears.
3. Enter a name in the Task name field, and click Next. The Select events page appears.
4. a. If you selected the radio button, with event and system attributes that I will specify Select the
event search criteria for defining the task:
• List criteria
• Comparison option
• Value for the criteria or comparison options selected
To add additional search criteria, click Add. Click Next. The Select systems page appears.
Select the system criteria for defining the task:
• List criteria
• Comparison option
• Value for the criteria or comparison options selected
To add additional criteria, click Add.
b. If you selected the radio button, with an existing event collection. Enter the Task name and
click Next.
▲ Select the event collection from the dropdown list. This step enables you to select an event
collection and its associated system information. Click View to view a read-only view of the
event and system collection criteria. Click Previous to return to the previous step, or click
Next to continue with the next step. The Select actions page appears.
See HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 User Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/
management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for more information on event searches.
5. Select from the following options:
• Send e-mail
In the To field, enter the list of e-mail addresses that should receive the notification, separating
each entry with a comma.
In the CC field, enter any e-mail address that should receive a copy of the e-mail, separating each
entry with a comma.
In the Subject field, enter a note describing the subject of the e-mail.
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