NetVault 13.2 - Administration Guide

Print Report: Use this method to print a report after it is successfully generated from the View Reports page. This method can only be used for Report Job events.

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Run a Job: Use this method to run a job when an event occurs.

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SNMP Trap: Use this method to send SNMP traps (notification) to a network manager host when an event occurs.

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a method to monitor and control the network devices on TCP/IP-based networks. An SNMP trap is a notification (message) sent from a managed device to the network management host when a significant event occurs. The event does not have to be an outage, a fault, or a security violation. The SNMP Trap method allows the administrator to monitor the NetVault events from an SNMP-based network management interface as a part of the network management operations.

Setting up a global notification method

To set up a global notification method:

In the Navigation pane, click Configure Notifications.

On the Editing Global Notification Profile page, open the event class, and then open the event type that you want to be notified about.

Configure the notification method that you want to use. You can configure multiple notification methods for a single event.

Figure 21. Editing Global Notification Profile page

Table 111. Setting up global notification method

Notification method

Description

Sysop Email

Select this method to send an email notification to the Administrator (Sysop) when the event occurs.

Before you can use this method for sending notifications, you must complete the following tasks:

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Configure the Outgoing Email Server (SMTP) settings. For more information, see Configuring email server settings for notifications.

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Configure SysOp email address. For more information, see the Configuring SysOp email ID for notifications.

Print Report

Select this method to print a report after it is successfully generated from the View Reports page. This method can only be used for Report Job events.

On Linux-based NetVault Servers, no additional configuration is required to use this method. The printer set up as the default printer for the system is used to print the report.

On Windows-based machines, you must do one of the following:

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Configure a default printer in NetVault. For more information, see Configuring a default printer for notifications.

The Print Report method uses this printer for all events.

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Alternatively, set the NVPRINTER variable in the Extra environment variables box:

NVPRINTER=<Printer URL>

The Print Report method uses this printer for an individual event. You can use the NVPRINTER variable to override the default printer setting for an individual event.

Run a Job

Select this method to run a NetVault job when the event occurs.

To use this method, you must do the following:

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Create the job that you want to run when the event occurs

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Set the JOBID variable in the Extra environment variables box:

JOBID=<Job ID number of the job that you want to run>

SNMP Trap

Select this method to send SNMP traps (notification) to a network manager host when the event occurs.

Before you can use this method for sending notifications, you must complete the following configuration tasks:

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Copy the file nvnotifications.mib to the “.mib” files directory on the host system running the network management software.

The “.mib” (Management Information Base) file describes the format of SNMP Traps that NetVault sends. You can find nvnotifications.mib in the etc directory under the NetVault installation directory. For more information about the location of the “.mib” files on the host, see the relevant network management software documentation.

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Configure the network manager host settings from the Change Settings page. For more information, see Configuring network manager host settings for notifications.

Click Save to save the global notification profile.