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

Event Management482
•MINOR
• INFORMATIONAL
•WARNING
7. To filter events by element type, use the <event-filter-element-type> tag. For example,
to prevent events from hosts from being forwarded to HP SIM, enter the following between the
<HP-config> tags:
<event-filter-element-type>
HOST</event-filter-element-type>
You can filter out the following element types:
•HOST
•SWITCH
• STORAGE_SYSTEM
• TAPE_LIBRARY
8. To filter events by name, use the <event-filter-name> tag. For example, to prevent events
from an element named ElementA from being forwarded to HP SIM, enter the following between
the <HP-config> tags:
<event-filter-name>ElementA</event-filter-name>
9. Restart Storage Essentials.
NOTE: You do not need to restart HP SIM.
The following is an example of an hp-event-config.xml file. The following file instructs Storage
Essentials to not forward any events that are Informational or from a host to HP SIM.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<HP-config>HP configuration
<host-name>HostNameA</host-name>
<trusted-host>HostNameA/trusted-host>
<trusted-host>192.168.1.1</trusted-host>
<admin-user>HostNameA\administrator</admin-user>
<SIM-on-windows>true</SIM-on-windows>
<admin-reset-password>password</admin-reset-password>
<event-filter-severity>INFORMATIONAL</event-filter-severity>
<event-filter-element-type>HOST</event-filter-element-type>
</HP-config>
Enabling the Rank Column in Event Manager
By default, the Rank column in Event Manager is hidden. The Rank column displays the cost
implication of an event, which is determined by the business cost of the application that uses the
element and the severity of the event. The business cost of an application is set in System Manager,
as described in ”Assigning a Business Cost to an Application” on page 288.
To enable the Rank column:
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in
the Disk Space tree.