HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

1. Select Options→Events→Automatic Event Handling→New Task. The Automatic Event Handling
- New Task page appears.
2. In the Task name field, enter a name for the task, such as Important Events for e-mail-Pager
Task.
3. Click Next. The Select event collection page appears.
4. Select Use attributes that I will specify.
5. If a new event collection is created, then in the first selection box (criteria selection), select severity.
Otherwise, a list of all event collections is displayed.
a. In the second selection box (comparison selection), select is.
b. In the third selection box (value selection), select Critical.
c. Click Add to add the Major and Minor severities to the task.
d. Repeat steps through, and in the third selection box, select Major and Minor.
e. Click Next. The Select system collection page is displayed.
6. Select Use attributes that I will specify.
7. Click Next. The Select systems page is displayed.
a. In the first selection box (criteria selection), select system name.
b. In the second selection box (comparison selection), select (any).
c. In the third selection box (value selection), select system name.
d. Click Next. The Select actions page appears.
8. Select Send e-mail.
a. In the To address field, enter the e-mail address to which you want the notification sent (multiple
addresses can be added so that a group is notified). A CC address can also be added so that a
manager or supervisor is also notified.
b. In the Subject field, enter your subject. For example, HP Systems Insight Manager Events.
c. In the Message Format section, change the option to Pager/SMS. This option sends a condensed
e-mail format that is similar to a paging task in HP SIM, which is the ideal way to send alerts to a
BlackBerry or cell phone type of hardware (or when Telephony Application Programming Interface
(TAPI) is not available and an e-mail-to-paging provider is being used).
d. Click Next. The Review summary page appears.
9. Click Next. The Select time filter section appears.
10. Select Use time filter and select Nights and Weekends, unless you want to receive the e-mail 24
hours per day. If so, clear Use time filter. See “Applying a time filter” for more information.
11. Click Finish to create the new task.
Related procedures
• Creating an automatic event handling task
• Managing event handling tasks
• Scheduling a task
• Applying a time filter
Creating a task to delete all cleared events
The following example describes how to create a task to delete all cleared server events from the HP Systems
Insight Manager (HP SIM) database. This task is useful to include in your management portfolio because
deleting cleared events on a regular basis empties the database of unnecessary entries and improves system
performance.
The following task has two segments:
• Creating an event collection that contains the events you want to delete
• Creating and scheduling the task to delete all cleared server events and run the task
Examples of event tasks 565