WhatsUp Gold v8.0 will exactly what you are wanting to do. You can match on trap contents using regular expressions... and that includes the ability to define an event that is based on "does not include <annoying pattern xxx>"
Mark Symons Ipswitch, Inc Augusta GA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Crockett, Brian Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 16:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Pruning Notification from "Annoying" traps I am notified via pager or email of SNMP trap events.� I would like to continue being notified of all trap events EXCEPT some really annoying ones.� I don't want to have to explicitly specify every single trap I wish to generate notifications, as this would be too time consuming.� So far, to prune these annoying notifications I've had to disable all trap notifications on the specific devices.� Obviously this isn't ideal.� Is there a new way in v.8 to intelligently parse incoming traps and generate notifications based on the trap content?� I know there's a way to specify all traps that you want to generate notifications, but it seems like an easier task to enable notifications on all traps and then simply prune back the specific ones you don't want to see.� Can I setup an exclude event or series of events that will page upon all trap events except for the exclude event? � Sincerely, � Brian Crockett Network Systems Analyst, CCNA, CCDA Tyco Healthcare / Mallinckrodt St. Louis Plant Infrastructure Support (Bldg. Z-7) Office: (314) 654-8194 Mobile: (314) 623-0789 Fax: (314) 654-5802 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
