Starting and Configuring
VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF

After you install and configure the Global Manager, you must also configure NOTIF if you want to optimize the flow of events and notifications sent through your
VMware Smart Assurance
system. To start and configure NOTIF:
  1. Set an environment variable in the
    BASEDIR
    directory path to ensure that Java can be successfully started for NOTIF. In
    BASEDIR
    /smarts/local/conf/
    runenv_cmd.sh
    , add the following line:
    export SM_JAVA_ENABLED=YES
  2. Configure the SNMP Trap Adapter to use the Notif-trap_mgr_parse.asl script instead of the default trap_mgr_parse.asl script in order for NOTIF to process SNMP traps.
    For example:
    ./sm_trapd --name=TRAP-OI --server=INCHARGE-OI --config=icoi --port=9013 --model=sm_actions --output --rules=icoi-trapd/Notif-trap_mgr_parse.asl --daemon
  3. Configure the Syslog Adapter to use the Notif-SysLog_mgr.asl script instead of the default SysLog_mgr.asl script in order for NOTIF to process Cisco system log files.
    For example:
    sm_adapter.exe --name=SYSLOG-OI --server=INCHARGE-OI --tail=/var/log/syslog --model=sm_system --model=sm_actions --output icoi-syslog/Notif-SysLog_mgr.asl
  4. Start the NOTIF Editor by selecting
    Start
    >
    Programs
    >
    InCharge
    >
    Smarts NOTIF Editor
    .
    You can also start the editor by double-clicking the
    NotifGui.sh
    file (for UNIX systems) in the BASEDIR/smarts/notif/editor directory.
  5. Use the NOTIF Editor to connect to the running SAM or Adapter Platform server. Select
    Remote
    >
    Edit a server's settings
    in the NOTIF Editor.
  6. The
    Connect to a Server
    dialog box displays the list of available Adapter Platform and SAM server connections. Choose a server from the list of available server connections in the
    Connect to a Server
    dialog box and click
    OK
    .
    If no available server connections are displayed, do the following to populate the list of server connections:
  7. Click the
    More
    button in the
    Connect to a Server
    dialog box. This launches the
    Manage Connections
    dialog box where you can add server connections.
  8. Click the
    Add
    button in the
    Manage Connections
    dialog box.
    The
    Input
    dialog box displays.
  9. Enter a connection reference name (for example, “Remote
    NOTIF OI server”) in the
    Input
    dialog box and click
    OK
    .
  10. Fill in the new connection record in the right pane of the
    Manage Connections
    dialog box.
  11. Click
    OK
    to save the connection setup.
    The
    Remote Server Settings
    dialog box displays, showing the server's current settings.
  12. Select the
    Activate Smarts NOTIF
    checkbox, and then click
    OK
    .
    You can also change other server settings in the
    Remote Server Settings
    dialog box if necessary.
  13. Restart your SAM/Adapter Platform server.
    Server setting changes made in the
    NOTIF Editor
    Remote Server Settings
    dialog box are persistent. When you change server settings in the
    Remote Server Settings
    dialog box and click
    OK
    , the changes are saved to the
    Notif_Settings.import
    file that is generated and saved to the
    BASEDIR
    /smarts/local/conf/<
    icoi
    or
    ics
    > directory in the Adapter Platform or SAM server where
    NOTIF is running.
    Server setting changes made in the
    NOTIF Editor are preserved even if the repository is deleted. For example, if the repository is erased because you used the --norestore option for server startup, the server uses the last saved settings from the
    NOTIF Editor saved in
    BASEDIR
    /smarts/local/conf/<
    icoi
    or
    ics
    >/
    Notif_Settings.import
    . The
    includes information on how to use the
    NOTIF Editor.