Smarts SAM: How do I create a server tool to archive notifications?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

How do I create a server tool to archive notifications?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

To create a create a server tool to archive notifications, you must create an archiveNotification.sh in the following directory:

<BASEDIR>/SAM/smarts/local/actions/server/

Creating the archiveNotification.sh is done as follows:

#!/bin/sh

 

DMCTL=${SM_HOME}/bin/dmctl

 

`${DMCTL} --server=${SM_SERVER_NAME} invoke ICS_NotificationFactory::ICS-Notific
ationFactory archiveNotification ICS_Notification::${SM_OBJ_Name} "admin" "Archi
ve this event manually"`

 

if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
    echo "$0: unable to archive Notification"
    exit 1;
fi

Additional Information

For instructions on creating tools, see the following Smarts documentation:

<BASEDIR>/SAM/smarts/doc/sm_config.pdf.