Create an Alert

Use this task to create an alert and select the subscription and destination properties.

Fields

Name
Specify a unique name for the alert. The name must consist of a minimum of one alphanumeric character and a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters. Valid characters include A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, and underscore (_). A name cannot begin with a number and, cannot be a PowerHA® SystemMirror reserved word. You can find the current list of reserved words in the /usr/es/sbin/cluster/etc/reserved_words file.
Description
Specify a brief description for the alert. The description can contain alphanumeric characters or special characters.
Email addresses (use comma to separate)
Specify one or more email addresses to which the alerts are to be sent. Use a comma to delineate between each item that you enter.
Template file name
Specify the full path and file name for the text file that contains the alert message.
Retry counter
Specify the number of times to reissue the alert notification after the first attempt fails. The default value is 3.
Timeout (seconds)
Specify the time in seconds for PowerHA SystemMirror to wait before the alert notification fails.
Node Events
Select one or more event monitors from a list of Node Events that are to be sent to the specified destination when the events occur in the cluster.
Site Events
Select one or more event monitors from a list of Site Events that are to be sent to the specified destination when the events occur in the cluster.
Network and Interface Events
Select one or more event monitors from a list of Network and Interface Events that are to be sent to the specified destination when the events occur in the cluster.