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<h1>Using the Notification Manager</h1>


<p>The Notification Manager is a tool that you can use to notify other systems
  running the HP Storage Manager of all events that occur on this (that is, the
  local) system. The user of the system types system names in the notification
  list. Each system in the list is notified of all events that occur on the local
  system.</p>
<p>You can use the Notification Manager to:</p>
<ul>
  <li><a href="anmadd.htm">Add a system to the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmdel.htm">Delete a system from the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmmod.htm">Modify system properties in the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmtest.htm">Send a test event to a system in the notification
    list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmevent.htm">Monitor events sent from the Notification Manager</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Notification Manager is enabled by default. To disable the Notification
  Manager, click <b> <b>Actions</b> <img src="images/menuarow.gif" width="32" height="10" align="absbottom" border="0">
  Disable notifications</b>. If you disable the Notification Manager, the
  events are generated, but not dispatched to remote systems.
<h2>An example</h2>
<p>You install SystemA in a lab with a HP Storage Manager subsystem. You run the HP Storage Manager on SystemA to monitor for events and problems, but you want to monitor
  from your workstation and not from SystemA. You open the SystemA Notification
  Manager from the HP Storage Manager and define your workstation in the notification
  list. When running the HP Storage Manager from your workstation, you are notified
  of all problems and events that occur on SystemA. </p>
<p><b><img src="images/note.gif" width="15" height="17"> Note:</b> You can use
  the <a href="msmtpmai.htm">Email Notification Manager</a> to notify users of
  events by email. This allows you to notify users who have not installed or are
  not currently running HP Storage Manager.</p>
<h2>The Notification Manager and its events</h2>
<p>Events generated by the Notification Manager include the following: </p>
<ul>
  <li>Progress information, such as rebuilds, synchronizations, and migrations.
  </li>
  <li>Problems, such as failed physical drives and <a href="gpfa.htm">S.M.A.R.T.
    errors</a>. </li>
  <li>Changes to the local configuration, such as creating a hot-spare drive or
    defining a logical device.</li>
</ul>
<p>When an event is generated on a system, the Notification Manager connects with
  each system in the notification list and relays the event to these systems'
  HP Storage Manager. If the Notification Manager successfully connects and sends
  the event, the notification list updates its &quot;<a href="anmevent.htm">Last
  event sent</a>&quot; column. If the Notification Manager does not successfully
  connect or send the event, the Notification Manager:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Updates the &quot;Last event sent&quot; column with a <img src="images/s_error.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Red X icon">
    notifying you of a problem. </li>
  <li>Logs an event in the Notification Manager event viewer detailing why the
    event could not be sent.</li>
</ul>
<h2>The Notification Manager interface</h2>
<p>The Notification Manager consists of the following:</p>
<dl>
  <dt>Toolbar</dt>
  <dd>Provides quick-path icons for common tasks.</dd>
  <dt>Notification list</dt>
  <dd>Displays the remote systems configured to receive event notification.</dd>
  <dt>Notification event viewer</dt>
  <dd>Displays status information for the Notification Manager.
    <p>In addition to displaying the events in the event viewer, the Notification
      Manager appends each event to a logging file, RAIDNOT.LOG. If this file
      exceeds 200 KB, the HP Storage Manager copies the file to RAIDNOT.OLD and
      creates a new RAIDNOT.LOG. If there is a RAIDNOT.OLD already, the HP Storage Manager
      overwrites it.</p>
  </dd>
</dl>
<h2>More information</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="anmadd.htm">Adding a system to the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmdel.htm">Deleting a system from the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmmod.htm">Modifying system properties in the notification list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmtest.htm">Sending a test event to a system in the notification
    list</a></li>
  <li><a href="anmevent.htm">Monitoring events sent from the Notification Manager</a></li>
  <li><a href="mnmmenub.htm">The Notification Manager menubar</a></li>
  <li><a href="mnmtoolb.htm">The Notification Manager toolbar</a> </li>
  <li><a href="msmtpmai.htm">Using the Email Notification Manager</a></li>
  <li><a href="cagent.htm">Using the HP Storage Manager agent</a></li>
</ul>

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