The following figure provides an overview of using the console service for failure management.

Figure 6-1 Overview of failure management (console service)

The console service enables you to perform the following failure management actions:

• Display error information
  You can display the alert information reported to the console service. You can also display the alert log information that has been recorded at managed hosts.
  
• Send alerts by email
  The console service can report alerts to the system administrator by email.
  
• Start programs automatically when alerts are received
  You can have registered programs start automatically when alerts are received. You can also send alert information to registered programs.
  
• Report alerts to other programs
  You can convert alerts to SNMP traps and then send them to the SNMP manager.
  
• Record alerts in the event log
  For a Windows server, you can record alerts in the system's event log. For a Linux server, you can record alerts in the syslog file.
  
• Set actions at the server in the event of an alert
  You can use alerts to trigger automatic system actions at a managed server (such as turning the power off and rebooting).
  
• Filter alerts for notification
  You can filter the alerts to be subject to notification (suppress notification) by alert or by alert level. This enables you to instruct that only important alerts will be reported to the system administrator.