Setting Up CA Performance Center › Notifications

Notifications

Notifications can be configured for threshold events coming from a data source to the Event Manager. Incoming events are evaluated against the conditions that you configure for the notification criteria. Only when the criteria are met does Event Manager take a notification action. If an event does not trigger a notification, the event can still be displayed in the Event List.

A user only receives notifications for threshold events for an item in a group that the user has access to.

Consider the following information:

• Notifications are user-specific; users cannot see each other's notifications.
• The action to delete event notifications does not affect the actual or future events.

The following notification types are available in the Create/Edit Notifications wizard:

Trap

Sends trap notifications to fault or network management system (NMS) in your environment, such as CA Spectrum. Supports multiple destinations. The first destination is required.

Two MIB choices are available in the Notifications wizard to provide compatibility for existing customers.

Note: The trap receivers must be preconfigured to receive traps. Each destination can have its own configuration regarding SNMP community and IPV4 destination. For more information about trap formats, see the corresponding NMS documentation for your trap receiver.

Supported roles: Users with the Administrator role and product privilege can configure trap notifications.

Email

Sends email notifications to one or more recipients when an event is raised or cleared. Provides a link in the email to see the context page for the device or component that triggered the alarm.

Supported roles: Users with the Create Notifications role right and users with the Administrator role and product privilege can configure email notifications. However, the Administrator role must first specify an SMTP server.

Administrators can view, create, or delete notifications from the Admin, Notifications menu in the CA Performance Center user interface. The Notifications option only displays when Event Manager is registered, enabled, and in a synchronized state of Available.

Alternatively, administrators can use the Event Manager API. Access the self-documenting interface on the Event Manager host using this URL: http://hostname:8281/EventManager/webservice/notifications/documentation.

Users can create email notifications from the My Settings, Notifications menu.

More Information:

EventManager Format Usage for Traps

nhLiveAlarm Format Usage for Traps