In contact group you can assign a contact group several persons or rather contacts to a host or service, for which they are responsible. All members of that contact group then receive a notification in the event of a fault. However, two contact groups are predefined by the system. They cannot be deleted:
- Contact group "admin (defined by systemadministrators)"
- Contact group "everybody (defined by systemeverybody)"
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As a default setting, the members of a contact group can only see the hosts linked to that contact group on the |
For creating a new contact group or editing an existing contact groupsone, proceed as follows:
- Open the
> Configuration > Setup > ContactgroupsInsert excerpt _AdminWeb _AdminWeb nopanel true - Click an existing entry to change it or click “Create new contactgroup” to define a new contact group
- Enter the necessary settings and click on
to save and apply the changes.
The following describes the setting for a contact group in detail:
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| Name | Name of the contact group.
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| Alias | Alias name of the contact group. The alias name is used in the web interface of the SONARPLEX appliance. Notice:
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| Membership | Double-click a contact in the "Non-members" selection window to add persons to the contact group or click on it and use the following button Double-click a contact in the "Members" selection window to remove persons from the contact group or click on it and use the following button |
