5.Click the Apply Filters button.

Event Manager displays the events that meet the criteria selected in the Event Filters pane.

Filtering Events by Summary Text or Element Name

You can filter events by summary text or element name. For example, assume you are having problems with a host named WickedWitch. You could specify that only events from WickedWitch are displayed in Event Manager.

NOTE: If you accessed Event Manager by double-clicking an element in Capacity Manager, Performance Manager or System Manager and then clicking the Events tab, you can filter only events by summary text.

To filter elements by summary text or element name:

1.In the Summary Text or Element Name field in Event Manager, type the summary text or element name you want to be used in the filter.

2.To filter events by element type, do one of the following:

•Select a filter from the Show Element Type drop-down menu. See ”Selecting an Element Type for Events” on page 423 for more information about the menu options.

•Click the Customize button next to the Show Element Type drop-down menu in Event Manager. Select the elements you want to be included in the filter and then click OK.

3.When you are asked if you want to apply your changes, click Yes.

4.Click the Apply Filters button.

Only events with the specified text are displayed in Event Manager.

Hiding Filters in Event Manager

Hide the filters for additional screen space. When you hide the filters, the following features are hidden:

•Show Severity

•Show Element Type

•Summary Text or Element Name

To hide the filters, click the Hide Filters link in the upper-left corner of Event Manager.

To display the filters, click the Show Filters link in the upper-left corner of Event Manager.

Specifying a Filter for Events Forwarded from Storage Essentials to HP SIM

Users can filter events forwarded from Storage Essentials to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM). Filtering events sent to HP SIM has the following advantages:

•Improve usability - Although all event notification is theoretically useful, some events may have little information value. For example, Log In/Log out events for Storage Essentials may be of little

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