3.2.2 Verifying that the severity level was changed

After you have finished specifying the conditions for the severity changing function, verify that the events with the new severity level are displayed in the event list. The following describes how to verify that an event whose severity level changed to Emergency is displayed in the event list.

Prerequisites

The following conditions must be satisfied:

• The following items are specified as event list items in the Preferences window, which is displayed by selecting Main Menu, Options, and then Preferences:

  • Event level

  • Original severity level

  • New severity level

• OS user mapping was configured according to the procedure in 2.2.1 Using the user mapping feature to map a JP1 user account to an OS user account.

Procedure

1. In the Event Console window, click the Execute Command button. The Execute Command window appears.

2. Set the items in the Execute Command window as described below, and then click the Execute button.

   Item	Setting
   Command type	Select Command of managed host.
   Event information to inherit	Clear the Inherit event information check box.
   Target host	Enter the following: hostA
   Command	Enter the following: In Windows: "Base-path\bin\jevsend" -e SEVERITY=Warning In Linux: /opt/jp1base/bin/jevsend -e SEVERITY=Warning

   An event of severity level Warning is issued on host A.

3. Check the severity level of the event according to the following figure:

   

Related topics

• 2.1 Overview of the Event Console window in the manual GUI Reference

• 2.38 Execute Command window in the manual GUI Reference

• 2.22 Preferences window in the manual GUI Reference

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