SAN HeadQuarters is a free tool for Equallogic arrays that allows for centralized monitoring, logging, alerting ,reporting, and analysis across multiple Equallogic Groups. While the default alerts are usual sufficient, there may be times when it is a little too verbose. One hypothetical situation is if a vendor sets up the array and configures it in a manner that SAN HQ would typically send a warning for, e.g. allocating more than 95% of the array. While it would be best to resolve the issue, circumstances may not allow for that, so one would want to stop sending warnings for that issue. To do that, we can go into SAN HQ and then:

  1. Select Settings -> Email Settings
  2. Change to the Notifications Tab
  3. Select the Group
  4. Uncheck ‘Enabled’ for the message to ignore

 

To reiterate, these alerts were created for a reason. If possible, it is always best to remediate them. As always, there are exceptions to every rule, and this is one way to implement that exception.