HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Managing event handling tasks
Perform the following procedures to create, edit, copy, view definition, view task results, enable or disable,
or delete automatic event handling tasks.
CAUTION: If you delete an automatic event handling task, the task is permanently deleted and cannot be
restored.
The Automatic Event Handling - Manage Tasks page includes a table that shows all automatic event
handling tasks and how the task was set up.
To manage automatic event handling tasks:
1. Select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→Manage Task. The Automatic Event
Handling - Manage Tasks page appears.
2. Select a task.
3. Click one of the following:
• New to create a new automatic event handling task. See “Creating an automatic event handling
task” for more information.
• Edit to edit the task. The edit wizard appears, which is similar to the page for creating a new
automatic event handling task, but the fields are prepopulated with the current settings for the task.
An additional field is available to reassign the task owner. See “Editing automatic event handling
tasks” for more information.
• Copy to replicate the configuration details of an existing task. A Copy Task page appears below
the task list. Specify a new task name in the Task name box. Click OK, and a new and separate
task is created. See “Copying automatic event handling tasks” for more information.
• View Definition to view the task. The entire configuration for the selected task, such as task name,
owner, time filter, event, system criteria, actions, modem settings, and e-mail settings, appear. See
“Viewing task definitions” for more information.
• Task Results to view the task result details for a selected task below the list. See “Viewing event
task results” for more information.
• Disable to disable a task. See “Enabling or disabling automatic event handling tasks” for more
information.
• Delete to delete the task. A confirmation box appears. Click OK to delete, or click Cancel to
cancel the deletion. See “Deleting events ” for more information.
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