5.In the Description field, change the description of the policy.
6.Select or deselect one or more element types.
When a condition is fulfilled on a select element, Policy Manager generates an event, sends an
7.Select Fire when event is cleared if you want the policy to fire when the event is cleared, Otherwise the event fires when the event is received.
8.Change the action to occur when the policy condition is fulfilled by clicking one of the following buttons (more than one action can be assigned to a policy):
•Send
•Generate Event - Policy Manager generates an event of the specified event type. The event appears in Event Manager. Select one of the following event types.
IMPORTANT: Since the severity level for an element is set by the manufacturer, the meanings of the severity levels vary. It is best to view the description of the event.
•Unknown - The severity level is not known.
•Informational - An example of an informational event is a progress report event for firmware download operation currently in progress.
•Warning - An example of a warning is one or more new physical fabric objects (device port, switch, or fabric) have appeared.
•Minor - An example of a minor event is a physical fabric object (switch port or fabric) has changed state.
•Major - An example of a major event is one or more physical fabric objects (device port, switch, or fabric) have disappeared.
•Critical - An example of a critical event is Brocade switches that have a failed firmware download and the failure reason code for each respective switch.
After you select an event level, click OK.
•Execute a Custom Command - Policy Manager executes a custom command on the management server when the condition is fulfilled. Type a command that will execute the script in the field. Then, click OK. The software assumes you are in the
%JBOSS4_DIST%\server\appiq\remotescripts directory on the management server when the script is executed. You can use environment variables in your script, such as
POLICY_NAME and POLICY_DESCRIPTION. POLICY_NAME. POLICY_NAME provides the policy name and POLICY_DESCRIPTION provides the policy description. See ”Software Environment Variables for Scripting” on page 264 for more information.
Prefix the command with “start” if the custom command triggers a user interface component, such as a program that uses the user interface (Example: Microsoft Internet Explorer) or a command prompt window.
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