HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 89)

1. In the navigation window, log in to the management group.
2. In the Alarms window, click Alarm Tasks, and select Open Alarms in Window.
3. To close the window, click Close.
Exporting alarm data to a .csv file
1. In the navigation window, log in to the management group.
2. In the Alarms window, click Alarm Tasks, and select Export Alarms.
3. In the Filename field, enter a path and file name.
If you enter just a file name, the file is stored in the directory that the CMC is installed in.
4. Click OK.
Configuring events
The Events node displays all events for the current management group, according to the dates in
the From and To fields in the toolbar. By default, the system displays about 1,000 events, broken
down into pages of 100 events. Scroll through the current page of events and use the << and >>
buttons to display different pages. The title bar of the Filters panel lists the number and severity of
the events, shown in
Figure 40 (page 87) .
For definitions of the event types and columns, see “Alarms and events overview” (page 86) .
Changing the event retention period
NOTE: Because of space constraints, retention periods longer than one month are not guaranteed.
1. In the navigation window, log in to the management group.
2. Select Events in the tree.
3. Click Event Tasks, and select Edit Event Log Policy.
4. Change the event retention period. The default is one month.
5. Click OK.
Setting up remote log destinations
Use remote log destinations to automatically write all events for the management group to a
computer other than the storage system. For example, direct the event data to a single log server
in a remote location.
You must also configure the destination computer to receive the log files by configuring syslog on
the destination computer. The syslog facility to use is local5, and the syslog levels are LOG_INFO,
LOG_WARNING, LOG_CRIT. See the syslog documentation for that computer for information
about configuring syslog.
To set up remote log destinations:
1. In the navigation window, log in to the management group.
2. Select Events in the tree.
3. Click Event Tasks, and select Edit Remote Log Destinations.
4. In the Destinations field, enter the IP address or host name of the computer that will receive
the events.
5. Select the event severities to include.
6. To set up a second remote destination, enter the appropriate information.
7. Click OK.
Viewing events in a separate window
View the events in a separate window. Resize and move the window to a convenient location on
your screen.
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