Smarts SAM: Is it possible to suppress "ics-nl-processing.asl" messages in SAM logs?

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:





The following ics-nl-processing.asl messages in Smarts SAM logs:

[April 15, 2013 7:42:44 AM GMT+00:00 +505ms] t@1372932416 Incharge-SA_NL-Driver-HyperNotif
EMS-*-DISCARDED_EVENT_DISP-DISCARDED EVENT: NOTIFICATION-JuniperWX_XTCMB006_WANPerformanceDegraded - Reason: CLEAR received with
out a prior NOTIFY or SUSPEND - Source: Incharge-SA

[April 15, 2013 7:42:44 AM GMT+00:00 +691ms] t@1345616192 Incharge-SA_NL-Driver-HyperNotif
ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-ics/ics-nl-processing.asl: processNLNotifyV2 - DISCARDED NOTIFICATION: NOTIFICATION-SNMPTrap_PGOT062_LinkDown-Ser
ial0/2/0_:25 Reason: could not find the notification object

[April 15, 2013 7:42:44 AM GMT+00:00 +868ms] t@1366628672 Incharge-SA_NL-Driver-HyperNotif
ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-ics/ics-nl-processing.asl: processNLNotifyV2 - DISCARDED NOTIFICATION: ICS_Notification::NOTIFICATION-SNMPTrap_VB
RU000_.1.3.6.1.4.1.3043.6.4.0.3_206_202 Reason: no change in occurence count for MOMENTARY

[April 15, 2013 7:42:44 AM GMT+00:00 +881ms] t@1366628672 Incharge-SA_NL-Driver-HyperNotif
EMS-*-DISCARDED_EVENT_DISP-DISCARDED EVENT: NOTIFICATION-JuniperWX_XTCMB006_WANPerformanceDegraded - Reason: Already Cleared - Source: Incharge-SA

[April 15, 2013 7:42:44 AM GMT+00:00 +887ms] t@1366628672 Incharge-SA_NL-Driver-HyperNotif
ASL_MSG-*-ASLP-ics/ics-nl-processing.asl: processNLNotifyV2 - DISCARDED NOTIFICATION: ICS_Notification::NOTIFICATION-SNMPTrap_VB
RU000_.1.3.6.1.4.1.3043.6.4.0.3_206_203 Reason: no change in occurence count for MOMENTARY  

 

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Cause

This messaging was intentionally introduced in Smarts SAM to log all the notifications which are discarded without notifying or without clearing. This functionality was introduced after multiple issues were reported such as notifications being missed. This logging collects information on these types of issues to aid in the analysis and troubleshooting of why notifications are not being processed, to help determine the underlying reason for the issue.

Resolution

There is no way to disable these messages.