Edit the System Events

You can edit system events and define notifications for the preferred system events.

Procedure

1. Click the edit icon next to the Enabled column for a particular event.
2. Add or remove event tags if required.
3. Change the severity.
4. Select Include/Exclude entities if you want the event to be enabled or disabled for selected entities.
   • To create inclusion rules:
     1. Select Inclusion List.
     2. Specify the entities which you want to include for the event under Conditions.
   • To create exclusion rules:
     1. Select Exclusion List.
     2. Specify the entities which you want to exclude for the event under Conditions.
   Note:

   • You can create multiple rules in both inclusion and exclusion lists.
   • When you select NSX Manager, you can add exceptions in both the lists. You can define exception if you want the inclusion or the exclusion rule to hold exception for a particular entity.
   • You can also specify Custom Search by writing your own query to include or exclude entities.
5. Select Enable Notifications check box to configure when the notifications have to be sent. Depending upon your configuration, do the following:

   Option	Action
   If you don't have an email server configured	Click Configure Mail Server. To know how to configure a mail server, see Configuring mail server.
   If you don't have an SNMP trap configured	Click Configure SNMP Trap. To know how to configure an SNMP trap, see Configure SNMP Trap Destination.
   If you have already configured an email server	Specify the frequency at which you want to receive the emails from the Email frequency drop-down menu and the email address in Send notification emails to text box.
   If you have already configured an SNMP trap configured	Select one or more SNMP trap destinations from Send SNMP Trap to drop-down menu. You can select up to four SNMP trap destinations.

6. Click Submit.