Use the Event Filter Builder window to create
an event filter or to change an existing event filter. IBM® Systems
Director has
several predefined event filters that you can customize for use in event automation plans.
Event Filter Builder window: Day and Time page
Use this page to specify day and time ranges as a filter
criterion. Specifying a day and time range in a filter controls the time that
actions are run and, therefore, not run.
Event Filter Builder window: Excluded Event Type page
Use this page to specify sources of events within the network that
you want to exclude from the event filtering criteria specified using the
Event Type page. That is, you can filter on a specified group of events, but
exclude certain events that meet the criteria selected on this page. The exclusion
filter can also be useful in identifying the criteria that do not apply, rather
than identifying all of the criteria that do apply.
Event Filter Builder window: Extended Attributes page
Use this page to qualify the filtering criteria using
additional keywords and keyword values that can be associated with some categories
of events, such as SNMP. These additional keywords and corresponding values
are referred to as the event's extended attributes. Extended attributes can be particularly useful for narrowing
the filtering criteria to a lower level of detail, for example, to isolate
one or more values originating from a specific system.
Event Filter Builder window: Sender Name page
Identifies the source from which the event was forwarded by its IP address or host name. Because most events are generated
by IBM Systems
Director Server, this field
usually contains the IP address or host name of the management
server.
Event Filter Builder window: Severity page
Identifies the severity of the event. Event severity is typically
used in event automation plans because
it identifies potentially urgent problems requiring immediate attention.
Event Filter Builder window: System Variables page
Use this page to specify system variables as a filter
criterion. System variables are user-defined keyword and value pairs
that are known only to the local IBM Systems
Director Server.