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 events, such as many Managed Resource events.
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.