Managing event group notification settings
You can view and modify event group notification settings and configure batch notifications.
Event group notification settings
You can specify whether you want to receive event notifications as aggregated batches or as individual notifications for each
event. Batch notifications are sent every 10 seconds.
The batch options that are described in this table affect both the content and the subject line of notification emails that are
sent in response to system events. You can specify event notification batch options when you configure SMTP email settings.
Setting
Option
Description
Notification batch mode
Batch all
Generates a single email for each event notification.
Batch by severity
Generates an email that contains aggregated notifications
for each event of the same severity, regardless of event
category.
Batch by category
Generates an email that contains aggregated notifications
for event of the same category, regardless of severity.
No batching
Generates one email per event.
Custom notification
template
No custom notification template is set Sends the email notification in the default OneFS
notification template format.
Set custom notification template
Sends the email notifications in the format that you
defined in your custom template file.
View event notification settings
You can view email and contact information for event notifications.
Click
Cluster management
>
General settings
>
Email settings
.
Modify event notification settings
You can modify email and contact settings for event notifications.
1. Click
Cluster management
>
General settings
>
Email settings
.
2. In the
Event group notification settings
, edit the settings that you want to change.
3. Click
Save changes
.
Specify event-notification batch mode or template settings
You can choose an event-notification batch option to specify whether you want to receive notifications individually or as an
aggregate. You also can specify a custom notification template for email notifications.
You must first create a custom notification template and then upload it to a directory at the same level or below
/ifs
; for
example,
/ifs/templates
.
1. Click
Cluster Management
>
General Settings
>
Email Settings
.
2. In the
Event group notification settings
area, select a
Notification batch mode
option. Notifications can be batched all
together, by severity, or by category.
3. In the
Notification email template
drop-down, select
Use custom template
.
4. In the
Custom template location
field, click
Browse
, navigate to and select the template file that you want to use, and
then click
Select
.
5. Click
Save changes
.
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