
7 Dell SupportAssist: Alert Policy | Revision A00
If you have minimal or no IT proficiency with systems management software, or if you do not have
sufficient time, it is best to utilze RCS to implement SupportAssist properly. RCS includes deployment and
setup by a Dell Support Engineer over phone using a secure Internet connection. RCS will assist you with
the following:
• OpenManage Essentials along
with SupportAssist is set- up on the management server
• OpenMana
ge Server Assistant (OM
SA) is set- up on additional devices to be monitored
Note: Deployment of Microsoft SCOM is not included in RCS. However, RCS does include assistance
with Dell SuppportAssist SCOM plugin and OMSA on monitored devices.
You can order and utilize RCS by one of the following methods:
• If you have dev
ices with a ProSupport or ProSupport Plus entitlement, you may contact your
Technica
l Account Manager for additional information.
• You can contact your
Dell Sales Representative for a quote and to order RCS using a standard Dell
SKU numb
er.
• If you have an e
xisting order number with RCS, contact Dell Support
to schedule the
implementation at a suitable time.
When you order RCS, a specific service description would be reviewed with you. For more information on
the service description, see Enterprise Configuration & Deployment
.
Alert Threshold
The SupportAssist alert threshold specifies the criteria that must be satisfied for a support case to be
created (or appended) in the Dell Technical Support case management system.
Currently, there are two policies for determining the criteria for creating or appending a support case:
• FirstMatch() – The s
upport case should be created/appended each time this alert is detected.
• Occurs
(count,duration) – The s
upport case should be created/appended only when the alert has
occurr
ed as many t
imes within a specified duration.
Supp
ortAssist processes all alerts from OpenManage Essentials, but a support case is created only if
• The policies qualify the alert for creating a support case
• SupportAssist is configured co
rrectly to automatically create support cases
• The s
ervice tag h
as a ProSupport or ProSupport Plus entitlement at the time of alert
For Su
pportAssist to generate a case, the alert needs to match a policy in the alert policy file within
SupportAssist. The policy.xml file can be found at C:\Pr
ogram Files (x86)\Dell\Dell Integrated
Sup
port\bin\conf. D
ell may change a policy for a specific alert within the alert policy file for either the
Su
pportAssist application or back- end infrastructure at Dell. This may be done from time to time, as Dell
Technical Support and Engineering continue to incorporate experience from support case data with all
customers. The alert policy is global and not configurable.
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