Use the procedures described here to make changes to an existing event filter,
action, or event action plan. Creating an Event
Action Plan describes procedures for creating an event filter, action, or
event action plan.
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Event Action Plans
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Event Filters
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Actions
To change the contents of an event filter:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The filters
are listed in the Event Filters pane.
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Right-click on the filter you want to edit to display the context menu, then
select Update. The Event Filter Builder dialog is displayed with
the filter's current settings.
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Make whatever changes you like, then select File => Save or
click the Save icon to save your changes. Your changes take effect
immediately for all instances where you have applied the filter.
You can remove both predefined and user-defined filters. To remove a filter:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The filters
are listed in Event Filters. If a filter has been associated with an
event action plan, it is also displayed in Event Action Plans under the
plan with which it is associated.
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To remove an application of a filter in the Event Action Plans pane,
locate the event action plan with which the filter is associated, and do one of
the following:
To remove a filter and all of its applications in event action plans:
If the filter is included in an event action plan, you are prompted to ensure
that you want to remove all instances of the filter.
To change the contents of a customized action:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The custom
actions are listed under the corresponding action templates in the Actions pane.
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Right-click on the custom action you want to edit to display the context menu,
then select Update. The action's dialog is displayed with the current
settings.
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Make whatever changes you like, then select File => Save or
click the Save icon to save your changes and close the dialog. Your
changes take effect immediately for all instances where you have applied the
custom action.
It is often easier to create an action from an existing custom action with
settings similar to those you need. To create a new action using the contents of
an existing custom action:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The custom
actions are listed under the corresponding action templates in the Actions pane.
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Right-click on the custom action you want to use as a basis for the new action
to display the context menu, then select Update. The action's dialog is
displayed with the current settings.
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Make whatever changes needed for the new action, then select File => Save
As or click the Save As icon to save your changes. A dialog is
displayed prompting for the name of the action.
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Enter the name you want to assign to the action and click OK to save your
changes and close the dialog. The new custom action is added as a child entry of
the corresponding action template.
To remove a customized action:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder icon on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The custom
actions are listed under the corresponding action templates in the Actions pane.
Click the (
) icon to expand the tree of
customized actions. If the custom action has been associated with an event
action plan, it is also displayed in the Event Action Plans pane under
the filter with which it is associated.
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To remove an application of a custom action in the Event Action Plans pane,
locate the event action plan with which the action is associated, and do one of
the following:
To remove a customized action and all of its applications in event action
plans, do one of the following:
You are prompted to ensure that you want to remove all instances of the action.
To add a filter to an existing event action plan:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The
predefined and user-defined filters are listed in the Event Filters pane.
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Locate the desired filter and add it to the desired event action plan using one
of the following methods:
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Drag the event filter from the Event Filters pane to the event action
plan in the Event Action Plans pane.
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Highlight the event action plan, then right-click on the event filter to display
the context menu and select Add to Event Action Plan.
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Highlight the event filter, then right-click on the event action plan to display
the context menu and select Add Event Filter.
The filter is now displayed as a child entry under the plan.
To add an action to an existing event action plan:
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Click on the Event Action Plan Builder button on the toolbar of the Management
Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window. The action
templates and user-defined actions are listed in the Actions pane.
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Locate the desired action and add it to the desired filter of the desired event
action plan using one of the following methods. If you have not created the
action, read Creating an Event Action,
which describes the procedure for creating an action from one of the predefined
action templates.
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Drag the action from the Actions pane to the target event filter under
the desired event action plan in the Event Action Plans pane.
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Highlight the target filter, then right-click on the desired action to display
the context menu and select Add to Event Action Plan.
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Highlight the desired action, then right-click on the target filter to display
the context menu and select Add Action.
The action is now displayed as a child entry under the filter.
To remove an event action plan:
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Select the Event Action Plan Builder icon in the toolbar of the
%ProductName% Console to display the Event Action Plan Builder window.
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Right-click on an event action plan to display the context menu, then select Delete.
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Select the event action plans you want to delete, then select Edit=>Delete from
the menu bar.
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Select the event action plans you want to delete, then click the Delete icon
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To delete a distributed event action plan from a top-level server and all
distributed servers to which the plan has been propagated:
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In the Event Action Plans pane of the Event Action Plan Builder window, click
the square box next to the Distributed Event Action Plan icon to display all
user-defined plans.
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Right-click the plan that you want to delete, then select Delete. You are
prompted to ensure that you want to delete the plan.
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Select Yes.
If you have applied the plan to one or more systems, you are prompted to ensure
that you want to delete it because all network implementation is deleted as well.
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Select Yes and the user-defined plan and all implementations of the plan
are removed on the network.
Deleting from a Server
To remove a distributed event action plan from a %ProductName% server:
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In the Group Contents pane of the %ProductName% Console:
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Right-click in an open area and select Associations=>Distributed
Event Action Plans. All systems to which one or more distributed
event action plans have been applied can now display their distributed event
action plans icon.
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Click the square box next to the server to display the distributed event
action plans icon.
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Click the square box next to the distributed event action plans icon to
expand the list of plans.
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Right-click the plan that you want to delete, then select Delete.
The plan is immediately deleted from the server.