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Creating a policy

You use a single wizard to create policies.

  Note   This task is almost identical to editing a policy with one exception: If you are editing a policy, in step 5, you cannot change the name of the policy, only the description.

 To create a policy

1. On the main tab bar, click the Notification tab.
2. On the details tab bar, click the Policies tab.
3. In the Configuration task menu, click Add Notification Policy.
4. In the Notification Policy Configuration wizard, click Next.
5. In the Enter a Name and Description panel, do the following:
   • Type a name and a description for the policy into the appropriate boxes.

     Policy names are currently restricted to English. The character limit for names is 50 and the name must start with a letter. The name box does not accept special characters, except for '_' (underscore) and '-' (em-dash).

     You may enter descriptions in your desired language. The character limit for descriptions is 250 and special characters are allowed.

     If you are using this procedure to edit a policy, you cannot change the policy name, only the description.

   • In the Create Policy For list box, select the object type to which the policy applies.

     You can make only one selection from the Create Policy For list box. To apply the policy to groups, resources, and systems associated with your selection, select Service Groups and associated Resources and Systems.

     After you finish specifying options, click Next

6. In the Cluster Selection panel, click either All Clusters or Selected Clusters.

   If you click Selected Clusters, the wizard presents a list of clusters. Check the required clusters and then click Next.

7. In the Object Selection panel, click either All <objects> or Selected <objects>, where <object> and <objects> are the object type you selected in step 5.

   If you click Selected <objects>, the wizard presents a list of those objects. Check the required objects and then click Next.

8. In the Event Selection panel, click All Events, Selected Events, or Events with Selected Severities.

   If you click Selected Events or Events with Selected Severities, the wizard presents a list of events or severities. Check the required events or severities and then click Next.

9. In the Notification Recipients panel, specify the e-mail addresses and SNMP consoles (console host name or IP address) that you want to receive notifications.

   Click a + (plus) button to add a recipient; click a recipient and then click a - (minus) button to remove a recipient.

   The console adds the default e-mail address that you entered when you specified SMTP settings to this list of e-mail recipients. If you do not specify any e-mail recipients, the management server does not use the default e-mail address. You must specify at least one e-mail recipient in this list to enable e-mail notification, including notification to the default e-mail address.

   See Notification settings for information about the default e-mail recipient.

   If you want the policy to run a custom script upon notification, specify the fully-qualified path name and script name.

   After you finish specifying options, click Next.

10. In the Override Default Settings panel, click Next to continue and modify the default settings or click Finish.

    See Notification settings for information about default settings.