•First assign an SMTP server from which the management server can send its e-mail notifications. See ”Setting Up E-mail Notification” on page 178 for more information.

•The following instructions assume you have already created a policy. If you have not yet created a policy, see the following topics:

•”Creating a Utilization or Backup Policy” on page 373

•”Creating Policies for Discovery” on page 377

•”Creating Policies for Provisioning” on page 378

•”Creating Policies for Events” on page 379

To set up e-mail notification for a policy:

1.Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 372.

2.Click the Edit () button corresponding to the policy you want to modify.

3.Click Send E-mail.

Policy Manager sends an e-mail when the condition is fulfilled. The software verifies that the address is entered in the correct format.

4.Enter a comma-separated list of e-mail addresses, and then click OK.

5.Click Finish.

Providing Event Generation for a Policy

You can configure Policy Manager to generate an event when an element is being overused or when any of the following occurs:

•A new element is discovered

•Provisioning is successful

•An event occurs on one or more specified elements

The following instructions assume you have already created a policy. If you have not created a policy, see the following topics:

•”Creating a Utilization or Backup Policy” on page 373

•”Creating Policies for Discovery” on page 377

•”Creating Policies for Provisioning” on page 378

•”Creating Policies for Events” on page 379

To set up event generation for a policy:

1.Access Policy Manager as described in the topic, ”Accessing Policy Manager” on page 372.

2.Click the Edit () button corresponding to the policy you want to modify.

3.Click Generate Event.

Select the severity level for which you want Policy Manager to generate an event. For a list of the severity levels you can select from, see ”Severity Levels” on page 373.

4.After you select an event level, click OK.

5.Click Finish.

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