HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 with Update 1 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux HP Part Number: 418811-005 Published: April 2009 Edition: 5.3.1

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. Enter a name in the Task name field, or accept the default, and then click Next. The Select event
collection page appears.
3. Select one of the following:
a. Use this event collection
i. Select an event collection from the dropdown list.
Note: Select an event collection. The event collection is a collection that is defined by event
attributes. The event collection might be a combination collection containing system information.
If you select an event collection that contains additional event collections, you will receive an
error message.
ii. (Optional) Click View Definition to view the collection attributes that define the event collection.
Note: This field appears if you selected an existing private or shared event collection. If the
collection was created using the Automatic Event Handling feature, this not appear.
iii. Click Next. The Select system collection page appears. If the event collection is a
combination collection, the select system collection process does not appear. Instead, the
Select actions page appears.
b. Use event attributes that I will specify
i. Click Next. The Select events page appears.
ii. Select event search criteria for defining the task.
To add additional search criteria, click Add.
c. Click Next. The Select system collection page appears.
4. Select one of the following options:
• Use this system collection
From the dropdown list, select a system collection.1.
2. Click View Definition to view the collection attributes or the members of the system collection
that is selected.
3. Click Next. The Select action page appears.
• Use system attributes that I will specify
a. Click Next. The Select systems page appears.
b. Select system 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.
c. Click Next. The Select actions page appears.
5. Select from the following options:
• Send page
Add users to be paged from the dropdown list by clicking . Click to remove selected
users. The pager number for an HP SIM user is set on the Users and Authorizations page.
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If a user name in the Users list is inactive, the pager information for the user has not been
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