Event notifications are messages about events on one system that are sent to the Event Viewer of another system in your storage space. These messages, called logged notifications, can help you monitor activity on your entire storage space from a single local station, and are especially useful in storage spaces that include multiple systems running the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent only.
Logged notifications include status information and identify which system (or source) an event occurred on. Logged notifications are not sent to all systems in your storage space. In the Notification Manager, you can specify which systems will send and receive logged notifications; then, you can add or delete systems as your storage space grows and changes.
To Set Up Event Notifications:
Notes! 1) You must complete the tasks in this section for each individual system that you will be monitoring with logged notifications. 2) Before you begin, gather this information for each system that will receive event notifications about the selected system.
Host name or TCP/IP address
TCP/IP port number (or the default, 34571)
In the Enterprise View, select a system.
In the Adaptec Storage Manager tool bar, click Configure, select the system you want, then click Notifications.
The Notification Manager window opens. The local system is automatically included on the Notification List—by default, all local events are listed in the local Event Viewer.
In the Notification Manager tool bar, click Add system.
In the Add System window, enter the host name or TCP/IP address of the first system. If you are not using the default port number, 34571, enter the TCP/IP port. Then, click Add.
Repeat Step 4 to add another system to the Notification List.
When done, click Cancel to close the Add system window
The systems you added appear in the Notification List.
Note! Although you can not sort the list, you can reorganize the columns by clicking and dragging the column heads.
Open the Notification Manager, as described in "To Set Up Event Notifications", above.
In the Notification List, click on the system you want to send a test event to.
In the Actions menu, select Send test event.
The test event is sent. If the test is successful, a message appears indicating either that the test event was sent successfully or that the test failed. (Click OK to clear the message.)
If the test is successful, the receiving
system beeps once, and its Event Viewer shows that a test event was received.
If the test fails:
Ensure that the receiving system is powered on and running Adaptec Storage Manager.
Open the receiving system’s System Properties window and check the TCP/IP address and port number.
Try sending the test event again.
To Modify a System's Properties or Notification Level:
If you want to specify the notification level for a system, or if the TCP/IP information or host name of a system changes, update its properties in the Notification Manager:
Open the Notification Manager, as described in "To Set Up Event Notifications", above.
Select the system you want to modify.
Modify the system's properties, as required.
Select a new notification level in the Event Type drop-down menu: Error, Warning, Informational, or None.
Click OK.
To Remove a System from the Notification List:
You can remove any system (including the local system) from the Notification List. Once a system has been removed, logged notifications from the local system are no longer sent to it.
To remove a system from the Notification List:
Open the Notification Manager, as described in "To Set Up Event Notifications", above.
In the Notification List, click on the system you want to remove.
In the tool bar, click Delete system.
Click Yes to confirm the deletion.
The system is removed from the Notification List.
To Manage and Monitor the Notification Log:
In the Notification Manager, the lower pane displays the Notification Log. The Notification Log displays status information and messages about the Notification Manager itself, such as whether notifications were sent successfully or not.
By default, notification events are listed in the order they occurred, with the most recent event first. To make it easier to find a specific event, click on the column heads to sort events. You can also reorganize the column by clicking and dragging the column heads.
The Notification Log uses icons to show the status of events (informational, warning, etc). These icons also appear in the Event Viewer of the remote systems. Double-click on an event to see basic information about the event, including the event type. Click Next to see the next event in the list. (Show Me!)
To Clear the Notification Log:
To make it easier to monitor recent events, you can clear the Notification Log.
To clear the Notification Log:
Open the Notification Manager, as described in "To Set Up Event Notifications", above.
In the Notification Manager menu bar, click File, select Clear the event log, then click Notifications.
Click Yes to clear the log.
The log is cleared, except for one event reporting that the log was cleared.
To Disable Event Notifications:
Event notifications are enabled by default, but can be disabled, if required. If you disable event notifications, events will be generated but not broadcast, even to the local system.
Open the Notification Manager, as described in "To Set Up Event Notifications", above.
In the Actions menu, select Disable Notifications.
Event notifications are disabled.
Note! To re-enable event notifications, repeat Steps 1 and 2, selecting Enable Notifications in Step 2.