ServerConductor/Blade Server Manager Description and Reference

## 6.9 Reading and saving alert attribute settings

You can read in batch mode from an alert attribute file the alert attributes to be set for a server, or you can save specified settings in an alert attribute file. For example, such a file is useful when you wish to restore previous alert attributes that had been saved or apply the same alert attributes to another server.

Note
  The alert attributes described here include server action settings and filtering settings in units of alerts.

Organization of this section
  (1) Reading settings from the alert attribute file
  (2) Saving settings in the alert attribute file

#### (1) Reading settings from the alert attribute file

To read in batch mode the alert attributes to be set for a server:

1. From the Host Management window, select a server for which alert attributes are to be set.
   Select only one server. You cannot select multiple servers.
2. From the Setting menu, choose Agent Service Settings.
3. Click the Each Alert Attribute tab.
   The Alert Attributes dialog box appears.

4. Read settings from the alert attribute file.
   To read alert attributes from the alert attribute file, click the Read button. When the Open dialog box appears, select the alert attribute file and click Open. The current settings are overwritten by the contents of the alert attribute file.
5. Click the OK button.
   These settings are applied to the agent service immediately after the OK button is clicked.

Note
  If the alert ID setting as to whether alert IDs are used does not match between the alert attribute file that is read and the List of alerts in the Each Alert Attribute dialog box, the alert attributes read from the file will not be set correctly. For example, if such inconsistency occurs on alert ID A, the attributes of alert A are set as follows:

  Whether there is alert ID (A) (Setting in alert attribute file) | Whether there is alert ID (A) (Setting in Alert list) | Attribute of alert ID (A) after the file is read
  --- | --- | ---
  Y | Y | The alert attribute in the alert attribute file takes effect.
  Y | N | Alert attribute is not read
  N | Y | Alert attribute is not changed
  N | N | Alert attribute is not read

Legend: Y: Alert ID A exists. N: There is no alert ID A.

#### (2) Saving settings in the alert attribute file

To save all the alert attributes set for a server:

1. From the Host Management window, select a server for which notification alert settings have been specified.
   Select only one server. You cannot select multiple servers.
2. From the Setting menu, choose Agent Service Settings.
3. Click the Each Alert Attribute tab.
   The Alert Attributes dialog box appears.

4. Save the settings in the alert attribute file.
   To save the alert attribute settings, click the Save button. When the Save As dialog box appears, enter a file name and click the Save button to save the alert attribute file in a desired folder. All the alert attributes displayed in List of alerts in the Each Alert Attribute dialog box are saved in this alert attribute file.
5. Click the OK button.
   Click the OK button to close the Agent Service Settings dialog box.

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