Overview

Use an VMware Smart Assurance Notification Adapter (notifier) to pass information contained in VMware Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager notifications to other applications or to users. For example, you can use a notifier to:

• Convert notifications into email messages or SNMP traps

• Write the notification text to a log file

• Execute a script upon receiving a notification

  Notification adapters and descriptions describes the purpose of each notifier.

Table 1. Notification adapters and descriptions

Adapter	Description
Email Notifier Adapter	Sends notifications from a Global Manager to specific addresses in an email system
Log File Notifier Adapter	Logs notifications from a Global Manager to a file
SNMP Trap Notifier Adapter	Converts notifications into SNMP traps and sends the traps to specified locations
Script Notifier Adapter	Calls a custom script when a notification is received
VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for TIBCO Rendezvous	Publishes notifications as TIB/Rendezvous messages so that other TIB/Rendezvous applications can subscribe (listen) to them

Note:

VMware, Inc. recommends using the notification adapters with the VMware Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager (Global Manager). The notification adapters, except for the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for TIBCO Rendezvous, may also be used with Domain Managers.

The following are additional examples of typical notifier usage:

• Write notifications to a log.

• Execute a program, such as a paging service or email, upon receipt of a notification.

• Extend and get additional information about a notification:

  • Get the impact when you receive a notification.

  • Get the system location of a failing device.

• Open a trouble ticket using a third-party package.