Command to view/enable/disable/edit SAM Escalation Policies using dmctl

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Command to view/enable/disable/edit SAM Escalation Policies using dmctl

Environment

Smarts - 10.1.x

Resolution

It is not possible to edit escalation policy (EP) using dmctl. However, you can view, enable or disable Smarts SAM escalation policies as described in the following sections:

Viewing SAM escalation policies using dmctl
To find out which escalation policy you have in your environment, use the following dmctl command to view the policy:

<basedir>/SAM/smarts/bin/dmctl -s <server> getI ICS_AutoActionPolicy

Enabling SAM escalation policies using dmctl
To enable the escalation policy in your environment, use the following dmctl command:

<basedir>/SAM/smarts/bin/dmctl -s <server> invoke ICS_AutoActionManager::ICS-AutoActionManager enable ICS_AutoAction-Policy::{Policy-Name-from-above}

Disabling SAM escalation policies using dmctl
To disable the VMWare Smart Assurance SAM escalation policy in your environment, use the following dmctl command:

<basedir>/SAM/smarts/bin/dmctl -s <server> invoke ICS_AutoActionManager::ICS-AutoActionManager disable ICS_AutoAction-Policy::{Policy-Name-from-above}