Modifying provisioning policies – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual
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For example, assume you want the custom command to open a command prompt window
and list the contents in the directory. You would prefix the command with start as shown
below:
start dir
9.
Click OK.
Modifying Provisioning Policies
You can create an infrastructure policy that generates an event, sends an e-mail, or runs a custom
command when successful provisioning occurred.
If you plan to use e-mail notification with your policy, first assign an SMTP server from which the
management server can send its e-mail notifications. See ”
Setting Up E-mail Notification
page 188.
To modify a policy for provisioning:
1.
Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”
2.
In the Policy Manager tree in the middle pane, expand the node, Infrastructure Policies. Then,
click Provisioning.
3.
Click the
button corresponding to the policy you want to modify.
4.
In the Name field, change the name for the policy.
5.
In the Description field, change the description for the policy.
6.
Select one or more element types.
When a condition is fulfilled on a select element, Policy Manager generates an event, sends an
e-mail, or runs a custom command.
7.
Select Fire when event is cleared if you want the policy to fire when the event is cleared,
Otherwise the event fires when the event is received.
8.
Change the action to occur when the policy condition is fulfilled by clicking one of the following
buttons (more than one action can be assigned to a policy):
• Send E-mail - Policy Manager sends an e-mail when the condition is fulfilled. Enter a
comma-separated list of e-mail addresses, and then click OK.
• Generate Event - Policy Manager generates an event of the specified event type. The event
appears in Event Manager. Select one of the following event types.
IMPORTANT:
Since the severity level for an element is set by the manufacturer, the
meanings of the severity levels vary. It is best to view the description of the event.
• Unknown - The severity level is not known.
• Informational - An example of an informational event is a progress report event for
firmware download operation currently in progress.
• Warning - An example of a warning is one or more new physical fabric objects (device
port, switch, or fabric) have appeared.
• Minor - An example of a minor event is a physical fabric object (switch port or fabric) has
changed state.