VMware Smart Assurance Notification
Module overview
VMware Smart Assurance
Notification
Module overviewThe
VMware Smart Assurance Server Manager
Notification Module (VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF) augments
the VMware Smart Assurance
solutions
with event management features that are configurable through a graphical
user interface. The VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF user interface is referred to as the VMware Smart Assurance
Notification
Module Configuration Editor (VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF Editor). VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF replaces
the internal event and notification processing features of the standard . VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF provides
the user with event and notification configuration access, maintenance,
and documentation capabilities without requiring a complete understanding
of the underlying products, and without requiring extensive application-specific
coding.VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF represents an improvement over the standard VMware Smart Assurance
trap processing
design. To configure the standard SNMP Trap Adapter
to process traps, you must decide which traps should become notifications
and how the notifications should appear at the Global Console
. You can do this by editing the trap_mgr.conf file and then restarting
the server. VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF makes this process much more user-friendly and robust. With VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF, you
can make instantaneous trap processing configuration changes through
the VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF
Editor without restarting any servers.Efficient event and notification
processing presents the most important information to the operator
by using an
VMware Smart Assurance
Global Console
. VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF
enables the user to easily optimize the flow of events and notifications
sent through any VMware Smart Assurance
system. Advantages of using VMware Smart Assurance
NOTIF include the following:- Handles notifications in a consistent and extensive manner.
- Facilitates configuration of events and notifications through a flexible, user-friendly interface, theVMware Smart AssuranceNOTIF Editor.
- Allows for real-time reconfiguration of event and notification processing without server restarts.
- Applies to any event source.
- Integrates with standard (SAM) andAdapter Platform(OI) repositories and servers.
- Supports current standard SNMP event functions (that is, expiration clearing, unknown agents, logging specifications, notification field setting).
- Provides converter tools for standard configuration sources (for example, trap_mgr.conf file).
- Packages event and notification configurations. This is useful for modular roll-out of configurations.
- Automatically generates an HTML-based document that provides information on all internal event and notification configuration objects for review and documentation purposes.
- Requires no knowledge of theVMware Smart AssuranceAdapter Scripting Language (ASL).