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Using the Integration Capabilities of the VPO Motif-based GUI
Adding Instructions, Annotations, Automatic- and Operator-initiated Actions
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Adding Actions and Annotations to a Message
You can choose whether certain actions are performed when a message is
received. These actions are either:
❏ Operator-initiated actions
An operator-initiated action prompts the operator to start certain
actions manually to solve the problem generating the message.
❏ Automatic actions
An automatic action is initiated as soon as the message is received at
the management server.
The VPO annotation feature can be used to record how and when
problems generating messages were resolved. Annotations can serve as a
useful source of reference for an operator the next time a similar
message is received.
You can choose to add an annotation to a message automatically on the
successful completion of an operator-initiated or automatic action. An
annotation records the starting time, output, exit value, and finishing
time of the action. If an operator-initiated or automatic action fails, an
annotation is automatically supplied.
You can define actions and annotations in the lower part of the
Condition No. window for all message sources, see Figure 3-21.
Figure 3-21 Actions Part of the Condition No Window
For information about the fields in this part of the Condition No.
window, see the VPO Administrator’s Guide to Online Information.