Smarts AM/SAM: How can I suppress 'Interface Disabled' or 'Port Disabled' event notifications?

Products

• VMware

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

How can I suppress Interface Disabled event notifications in Smarts AM/Smarts SAM?
How can I suppress Port Disabled event notifications in Smarts AM/Smarts SAM?

The following methods are available to disable Interface Disabled and Port Disabled events in Smarts AM/Smarts SAM:

• Event filtering: Use the Smarts GUI to filter Interface Disabled events. See 7050  for more information.
  
  
• Unmanage the interface: If an administrator executes an admin down on the interface and leaves the interface as Managed, the interface will generate "Disabled" and not "Down" events. If the interface is Unmanaged, no events will be generated.
  
  
• Change an individual interface (for Interface Disabled events only): To suppress Interface Disabled event notifications on an individual interface, you can change the SuppressDisabledNotifications setting on the interface itself. This change will only apply to the individual interface and is not a global setting. To do this, run the following command:
  
  <BASEDIR>/dmctl-s <server> put Interface::<interfaceName>::SuppressDisabledNotifications  TRUE
  
  
  
• Do not subscribe to Disabled events: Choosing not to subscribe to Disabled events will prevent SAM from receiving any Disabled events. See 9697  for more information.