Create an Event

You can create events at the Service Provider, Partner and Client scopes.

Note: You cannot delete an event once it is created.

Follow these steps to create an event:

  1. To select your client, click the Client/Partner dropdown from the top-left corner of the dashboards screen. Either type your client’s name in the search box or select your client from the list.

  2. Click Setup > Account. The Account Details screen is displayed.

  3. Click on the Monitoring tile.

  4. Click on EVENTS tab. The EVENTS listing screen is displayed.

  5. Click +ADD. The ADD EVENT screen is displayed.


  6. Enter the following details:

    Table Note

    GENERAL DETAILS

    Field NameField TypeDescription
    NameStringUnique name associated with the event.
    Example: For VMware, enter the unique alarm name.
    See Event name format for more information.
    Display NameStringUnique display name.
    Adapter TypeDropdownSelect the adapter type.
    Example: VMware, Cisco UCS, EMC VNX.
    Tag NameStringUser-defined name for filtering.
    DescriptionStringEvent description.

  7. Click ADD EVENT. The event is added, and a confirmation message appears.

Event name format

The following are acceptable formats for an event name:

  • Event names should not contain a dot (.), instead use an underscore (_) between the words.
    hyperflex.cluster.event.ClusterPolicyComplianceFailedEvent is not valid
    hyperflex_cluster_event_ClusterPolicyComplianceFailedEvent is valid
  • An event name can have a maximum of ten underscores “_”. An event name cannot start or end with an underscore.
  • An event name can contain numeric values (0-9) but cannot start with a numeric value.
  • An event name should be case-insensitive.
  • The length of the event name should be less than or equal to 255, including underscores.