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Send Alert

POST /vdc/callhome/alert/

Creates and sends an alert event with error logs attached as an aid to troubleshooting customer issues.


Query Parameters

event_idEvent id for these alerts
  • Allowed values: 999, 599
  • Default: 999

Required Roles

  • SYSTEM_ADMIN


Prerequisites

The following conditions must be met in order to call this operation.

  • ConnectEMC should be configured and system should be licensed


Request Payload

All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.

Field Description Type Notes
event_create
user_str User written string String
contact Contact details String
namespace namespace String
channel Alert channel.

Allowed values: EMC, CUSTOMER, BOTH, NONE
String
severity Alert severity.

Allowed values: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO
String

Response Body

Alert response to sent this alert to ConnectEMC

Field Description Type Notes
alert
id Event id String
type alert type String
severity alert severity String
timestamp Event creating time of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss format. String
namespace Namespace for this event String
description Description for this alert String
symptomCode Symptom Code String
acknowledged acknowledgement state of alert Boolean

Examples

Request
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/vdc/callhome/alert HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>

<event_create>
   <user_str>str</user_str>
   <contact>contact</contact>
</event_create>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK 
Content-Type: application/xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<alert>
    <id>urn:storageos:Alert:96a47d83-42c0-4b7f-bcab-958485b4b81d</id>
</alert>