We are running HP SIM 5.1. We only have four servers at this location, but it has been worthwhile to set up specifically for the alerting on hardware failures.
I recently found that one of my servers (ML370 G4) has a predictive failure on one of the hard drives. I discovered this accidentally while in the server room (orange light flashing on the drive - which is behind the door of the server in a tower configuration). The problem is, SIM does not alert on this condition, as it is considered a "Minor Event". I have alerting turned on for Major and Critical Events, but I have not included Minor Events because of the level of noise produced. Does anyone have a creative way to catch these predictive failures, while still keeping the noise level down? For example, filtering the Minor Event capturing to specific machines, or possibly (but less preferable) filtering it to specific events? Of course the second option means you have to know what you specifically want to capture, which usually happens after the first crisis you encounter :>)
