Hi Pierre,
In order to first use dfm event generate you will need to define custom event first. I am pasting xml to define the same,
Input xml.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<netapp xmlns="http://www.netapp.com/filer/admin" version="1.0">
<eventclass-add-custom>
<about-message>This event is custom created</about-message>
<event-class-name>CloneSavings</event-class-name>
<event-names>
<event-name-info>
<event-name-pretty>Clone Space Saving Is Low </event-name-pretty>
<event-name-short>LowCloneSpaceSaving</event-name-short>
<severity>Error</severity>
</event-name-info>
</event-names>
<event-namespace-name>OpsMgr</event-namespace-name>
<is-allow-duplicates>Yes</is-allow-duplicates>
<is-multi-current>Yes</is-multi-current>
</eventclass-add-custom>
</netapp>
output xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<netapp version='1.0' xmlns='http://www.netapp.com/filer/admin'>
<results status='passed'>
<event-class-id>1</event-class-id>
</results>
</netapp>
[root@ ~]# dfm eventtype list OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving
Event Name Severity Class
-------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------------
OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving Error OpsMgr:CloneSavings
[root@~]#
[root@vmlnx ~]# dfm event generate "OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving" 258 "The clone has divluged from the parent and there is no more space savings"
Event OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving for source amir generated.
[root@vmlnx ~]# dfm report view events 258
Severity Event ID Event Triggered Ack'ed By Ack'ed Source ID Source
----------- -------- ----------------------------------------- ------------ --------- ------------ --------- ----------------
Error 3861 OpsMgr:CloneSavings:CloneSpaceSavingIsLow 05 Oct 20:07 258 mpo-vsim10:/amir
Information 178 Scheduled Snapshots Disabled 13 Sep 09:47 258 mpo-vsim10:/amir
[root@vmlnx~]#
Hope this example of the alarm create.
[root@ ~]# dfm alarm create -E "abc@xyz.com" -h "OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving"
Created alarm 1 with 1 email recipient.
[root@ ~]# dfm alarm list
Alarm 1
Group Global
Event Severity All
Event Name OpsMgr:CloneSavings:LowCloneSpaceSaving
Email Addresses abc@xyz.com
[root@ ~]#
Regards
adai