APC NetBotz 320 Rack Appliance NBRK0320E User Manual

a. Click Advanced Scheduling.... The Advanced Scheduling window opens.

b. By default, all time periods in the schedule are set to Enabled. To disable the Alert Action for a 

currently enabled period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the 
desired time range, and then click Disable. To enable the Alert Action for a currently disabled 
period of time, highlight the period of time by clicking-and-dragging over the desired time range, 
and then click Enable.

c. When you have finished creating your Advanced Schedule, click OK to save the schedule and 

return to the Alert Action task.

6. Check the check boxes in the Severities check box group that correspond to the alert severities for 

which alert notifications will be sent.

7. The bottom of the pane features a Basic and an Advanced tabbed pane. On the Basic pane, type the 

appropriate information in the following fields:

– Type in the Text File Contents (inc. macros) field the data that you want to include in the 

custom text file that will be sent to the specified FTP server. 

– Type in the FTP Server Hostname field the TCP/IP hostname or IP address of the FTP server to 

which the text file will be delivered.

– Type in the User ID and Password fields the User ID and Password needed to deliver the text 

file to the FTP server at the specified FTP Server Hostname. 

– Type the Password again in the Confirm Password field.

– Type in the Target Directory field the relative directory path to be used for storing the text file 

on the FTP server. This should always be a path relative to the default directory associated with 
the user ID used to log on to the FTP server. If the directories on the path do not exist they will be 
created automatically. 

– Type in the Base Filename field the base filename to be used for storing the text file on the FTP 

server.

8. If desired, click the Advanced tab and provide information for use in delivering the data to a backup 

FTP server. This backup server would be used only if attempts to deliver the alert data to the 
primary FTP server failed. 

9. Click OK to save this Alert Action.

If you are creating an Alert Action that will use the Send Data to FTP Server alert notification method:

1. Double click on the Alert Actions icon to start the Alert Actions task.

2. Click Add to open the Select Notification Method window.

3. Select Send Data to FTP Server from the Select Notification Method pop-up window and then 

The Text File Contents (inc. macros), Target Directory, and Base Filename 
fields accept BotzWare macros. For more information on macros supported by 
BotzWare see “BotzWare Macros” on page 187.