suppress_problem

Suppresses a problem until it meets the suppression type criteria.

Format

emcli suppress_problem
        -problem_id="problem ID"
        -suppress_type="Type of suppression"
        [-date="MMDDYYYY"]

[ ]  indicates that the parameter is optional.

Options

• problem_id

  ID of the problem to be suppressed.

• suppress_type

  Type of suppression. It must be one of the following:

  • UNTIL_MANUALLY_REMOVED: Problem will be suppressed until the user manually unsuppress the problem.

  • UNTIL_SPECIFIED_DATE: Problem will be suppressed until specified date.

  • UNTIL_SEVERITY_CHANGE: Problem will be suppressed until its severity change.

  • UNTIL_CLEARED: Problem will be suppressed until it gets cleared.

• date (Optional)

  Used when a problem needs to be suppressed until a specific date.When the suppress_type is set to UNTIL_SPECIFIED_DATE, you use the date option to specify the date when the problem suppression ends. MMDDYYYY format must be used.

Examples

Example 1

The following command suppresses a problem with the ID 173 until December 31, 2015.

emcli suppress_problem -problem_id="173" suppress_type="UNTIL_SPECIFIED_DATE" -date="12312015" 

Example 2

The following command suppresses a problem with ID 173 until it manually cleared by an administrator.

emcli suppress_problem -problem_id="173" suppress_type="UNTIL_MANUALLY_REMOVED"