This section describes the actions you can define in your autoaction database, the syntax for specifying these actions in patterns, and examples of actions AMS can automatically execute when a pattern in the database matches a message.
CP-AMS and SP‑AMS include the following capabilities:
Send an unsolicited command to the host system whose message was matched.
Send an event report to other Operations Sentinel processes to
Raise, clear, or acknowledge an alert. The alert may appear to the operator in an Alerts window of Operations Sentinel Console.
Write an entry to an Operations Sentinel log file.
Change the value of an attribute of an object in Operations Sentinel Console.
Delete an object in Operations Sentinel Console.
Send a command to any system currently managed by the Operations Sentinel server. The receiver of the command can be an MCP, OS 2200, UNIX, or other native X3.64 connected system.
Activate or deactivate an autoaction database.
Execute actions that change the values of user-defined variables. The information is kept by AMS and can be used to respond to later system messages. These actions can change the values of user-defined variables, create new members of a variable group, or delete existing members of a variable group.
In addition to these common AMS actions, SP‑AMS can also send a password or other command that is stored in unreadable form to a host system.
In addition to these common AMS actions, CP-AMS can also:
Respond automatically to a read-and-reply message, including automatically answering an outstanding read-and-reply message using message dialog.
Hold a message on the console screen.
Release a held message.
Highlight a message.
Suppress a message.
Display supplemental text with a message.
Replace a message.
Execute an OS 2200 Console View macro.
Raise a console alarm in OS 2200 Console View, which appears as an alert in Operations Sentinel Console.
Actions Executed Using Conditional Logic
You can use conditional logic to determine the conditions under which AMS executes any type of action. By correlating information from more than one message, you can define conditions in one pattern to respond to more than one system message.