Some events may have no importance with respect to managing your environment. As these events do not need to be viewed or acted on by the operators, they can be identified and permanently discarded before any processing is executed.
Configuring an event suppression rule requires a filter to select the events to discard. When an event suppression rule is enabled, all events matching its filter are discarded from the event pipeline before unnecessary processing occurs. Ordering of suppression rules is not required.
To access
Administration > Event Processing > Correlation > Event Suppression
Alternatively, click Event Suppression.
Tasks
How to create an event suppression rule
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In the Event Suppression Rules pane, click the
New Item
button.The Create Event Suppression Rule dialog box opens.
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Enter a display name, and (optional) a description of the rule being specified.
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Select an event filter for the rule from the Filter list. The filter determines which events to discard.
If no appropriate filter is already configured, click the Browse (...) button, which opens the Manage Event Filters side panel. Create a filter or edit an existing one. For information about filters, see Event Filters.
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Select Activate Rule after creation, if you want to make the rule active immediately.
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Click OK to save the rule.