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How You Suppress Messages

You can reduce message traffic to the system and the consolidated console by suppressing messages that operators do not require to perform their tasks. Message suppression does not affect the automated resource monitoring and control functions performed by ResourceView and ServiceView.

Use the following methods to suppress messages:

• Set the Deliver flag from the Message Delivery panel of a message rule. For example, you can specify LOG to suppress messages that trigger the rule from the consoles but enables them to be logged.
• Use the threshold criteria on the Message Delivery panel to suppress redundant messages when multiple messages trigger the rule in a specified time.
• When you have implemented rules for all relevant messages, you can suppress all other messages. To suppress these messages, specify NO or Z in the Default Message Delivery field on the Ruleset Description panel.

  Use the message-learning facility to identify any new messages that have been suppressed. You can then decide whether to create rules for them.