Creating a notification for a server event

Use the New Notification wizard to create notifications for server-based events.

To create a notification for a server event

1. Launch the New Notification wizard as described in Creating a new notification.
2. In the Notification Name field, type a name for the notification.

3. Perform the following steps to define the notification:

   1. Define the event that triggers the notification
   2. Define the recipients
   3. Define the notification message
   4. Review the notification rule

Define the event that triggers the notification

In the Disk Space section, you can determine the disk space utilization event that triggers the notification.

Select one of the following:

• Disk space utilization reaches the high threshold: The notification will be triggered when disk space utilization reaches the percentage defined for the high threshold.
• Disk space utilization reaches the critical threshold: The notification will be triggered when disk space utilization reaches the percentage defined for the critical threshold.
• Disk space utilization returns to normal: The notification will be triggered when disk space utilization returns to normal percentage (i.e. not high or critical).
• Disk space utilization reaches any of the defined thresholds or returns to normal: The notification will be triggered in any of the following scenarios:
  • Disk space utilization increases from normal to the high threshold
  • Disk space utilization increases from normal to the critical threshold
  • Disk space utilization increases from the high threshold to the critical threshold
  • Disk space utilization returns to normal from the high threshold
  • Disk space utilization returns to normal from the critical threshold
  • Disk space utilization returns to the high threshold from the critical threshold

In the System Memory section, you can determine the system memory utilization event that triggers the notification.

Select one of the following:

• System memory utilization reaches the high threshold: The notification will be triggered when system memory utilization reaches the percentage defined for the high threshold.
• System memory utilization reaches the critical threshold: The notification will be triggered when system memory utilization reaches the percentage defined for the critical threshold.
• System memory utilization returns to normal: The notification will be triggered when system memory utilization returns to normal percentage (i.e. not high or critical).
• System memory utilization reaches any of the defined thresholds or returns to normal: The notification will be triggered in any of the following scenarios:
  • System memory utilization increases from normal to the high threshold
  • System memory utilization increases from normal to the critical threshold
  • System memory utilization increases from the high threshold to the critical threshold
  • System memory utilization returns to normal from the high threshold
  • System memory utilization returns to normal from the critical threshold
  • System memory utilization returns to the high threshold from the critical threshold

Click Next to Define the recipients.

Define the recipients

For more information, see Define the recipients.

Define the notification message

You can create a custom message for your notification. By default, a standard message is created based on your settings in the Server Events screen.

To edit the default notification message:

1. In the New Notification Wizard, Message page, click the message text to open the Edit Notification Message dialog box. See the table Creating a notification for a server event for an explanation of the information to enter in each field.
2. Click in the right pane of the dialog box and begin to type your message. In some cases a default message is displayed based on the information you entered in the previous pages of the New Notification Rule wizard. You can edit the message or create a new message to be sent with the notification in this dialog box.

3. Optionally, add variables in messages and email headers you define for notifications. You can enter variables in one of two ways:

   • Type a variable into the message pane on the right using the following format:

     {{<VARIABLE_NAME >}}

     For example: {{TASK_NAME}}.

   • Use the variables from the left pane of the Edit Notification Message dialog box. To add a variable to the notification message, you can:

     Double-click the variable. The variable is inserted where your cursor is located in the notification message in the right pane.

     Select the variable you want to use and click the arrow key in the middle of the Edit Notification Message dialog box. The variable is inserted where your cursor is located in the notification message in the right pane.

     Drag the variable from the left pane to the location you want to place it in the notification message in the right pane.

     For more information, see the Supported notification variables.

4. Click OK to enter the message.
5. After you define the message sent with the notification, click Next to Review the notification rule.

The following table describes how to enter the information in the Message page.

Review the notification rule

The Summary page lets you review the notification rule that you defined so that you can determine whether the selections you made in the wizard are correct. If you want to make changes, click Back and go to the page or pages you want to change.

When you are sure that the notification rule is defined in the way that you want, click Finish to close the wizard and add the rule to the notification list (see The Notifications List).

After you close the wizard, make sure to click Save at the top of the Settings page. This will save the information for all settings, not only for the notification rule that you created. If you made changes that you do not want to keep, click Discard to discard all changes before you make changes to any of the other settings.