DFS-N Management SNMP Notifications

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DFS-N Management SNMP Notifications

When you create a job, you can select an existing SMNP notification to apply to the job or you can create a new notification and apply it to the job.  You cannot edit or delete an SMNP notification while it is applied to a job.  See SMNP Notifications in the Basic Concepts section for more information about SMNP notifications.

Note that the SNMP source address, destination, and prefix must be configured before notifications can be set.

To create an SMNP notification:

1.Select Open Preferences from the Tools menu.

2.Expand DFS-N Management in the navigation tree, and then select SNMP Notifications.

The existing SNMP notifications are listed in the SNMP Notifications table.

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3.Click the Create button.

The Create SNMP Notification dialog appears.

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4.Select the types of events that will trigger the generation of an SNMP trap.

Event Type

Description

Job Start

Sends a notification when the DFS-N Management job starts.

Job Stop

Sends a notification when the DFS-N Management job stops.

Job Failure

Sends a notification when the DFS-N Management job stops unexpectedly.

Participant Failure

Sends a notification when the Management Agent of the DFS-N Management job disconnects or stops responding.

Participant Reconnect

Sends a notification when the Management Agent of the DFS-N Management job reconnects.

5.Select the DFS-N event types that will trigger the generation of an SNMP trap.

Event Type

Description

Namespace Offline

Sends a notification when a namespace goes offline.

Namespace Not Found

Sends a notification when a namespace is not found.

Folder Target Offline

Sends a notification when a folder target goes offline.

All Folder Target Offline

Sends a notification when all folder targets go offline

DFS Server Offline

Sends a notification when a DFS server goes offline.

6.Click OK.

The new notification is listed in the SNMP Notifications table and can now be applied to jobs.

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7.Click Apply and Close or Apply.