Sort of correct.  There are a number of ways to be sent an email:

1. Create a resource of type NotifierMngr in the ClusterService service group and configure SmtpServer and SmtpRecipients attributes - example:
   NotifierMngr ntfr (
     SmtpServer = mailhost
     SmtpRecipients = { "mike@veritas.com" = Warning }
     )
   This is the easiest method and you can configure multiple recipients to be sent Error, Warning or Info messages and you don't require any traps.
    
2. Create a resource of type NotifierMngr in the ClusterService service group and configure SnmpConsoles attribute to send traps to 3rd party event management software and configure event management software to send emails.  You can set up one NotifierMngr resource with both SNMP and SMTP if you want both 1 and 2 to happen.
    
3. Use 3rd party event management software to trail log files - mainly /var/VRTSvcs/engine_A.log and configure event management software to send emails.
    

Option 1 seems like the best option for what is required.

The only requirement is to send off an e-mail when the system Faults (fails over) to backup system in the cluster.

Run

haconf -makerw
hares -add NotifierMngr Application App_Cluster
hares -modify NotifierMngr User root
hares -modify NotifierMngr UseSUDash 0
hares -modify NotifierMngr Enabled 1
haconf -dump -makero

in my types.cf I see this.
type NotifierMngr (
static int RestartLimit = 3
static str ArgList[] = { EngineListeningPort, MessagesQueue, NotifierListeningPort, NotifierSourceIP, SnmpdTrapPort, SnmpCommunity, SnmpConsoles, SmtpServer, SmtpServerVrfyOff, SmtpServerTimeout, SmtpReturnPath, SmtpFromPath, SmtpRecipients }
int EngineListeningPort = 14141
int MessagesQueue = 30
int NotifierListeningPort = 14144
str NotifierSourceIP
int SnmpdTrapPort = 162
str SnmpCommunity = public
str SnmpConsoles{}
str SmtpServer
boolean SmtpServerVrfyOff = 0
int SmtpServerTimeout = 10
str SmtpReturnPath
str SmtpFromPath
str SmtpRecipients{}
)

Is this what I need to update? i never touched this file before I assume just edit the file and vcs will sync it up?

Slight mistate in last post and it is not working when I try to edit my post so 

hares -modify ntfr SmtpServer = mailhost

should not have equals so should just be:

hares -modify ntfr SmtpServer mailhost

Mike

two more questions and I think I have it.

1. Can/would you recommend I piggy back off my existing cluster service group? I am running Active/Passive at this time because the appliance doesn't support Active/Active at this time. but when the cluster faults it turns off the notifier for that box.

2. Seen this error:
2012/08/28 17:37:28 VCS WARNING V-16-1-17053 Notifier:Mail server specified does not support SMTP VRFY command. Email user cannot be verified
2012/08/28 17:38:23 VCS WARNING V-16-1-17031 Notifier:activated signal 6

See answers below:

1. You should not put the ntfr resource in an existing service group for your application - it should go in its own service group which I recommend you call ClusterService.
    
2. You need to set SmtpServerVrfyOff to one - see extract from VCS Bundle agents guide

 

SmtpServerVrfyOff 
Set this value to 1 if your mail server does not support

SMTP VRFY command. If you set this value to 1, the

notifier does not send a SMTP VRFY request to the mail

server specified in SmtpServer attribute while sending

emails.

hares -modify ntfr SmtpServerVrfyOff 1

Mike

One last question. Is there a way to format the message better right now it throws it as one continues string without line returns and flag it as a high importance message

Event Time: Tue 28 Aug 2012 06:40:25 PM UTCEntity Name: alerts Entity Type: Resource Entity Subtype: Application Entity State: Resource has faulted Traps Origin: Veritas_Cluster_Server System Name: cmsapp-49-209 Entities Container Name: CMSApp_Cluster Entities Container Type: Service Group

Into

Event Time: Tue 28 Aug 2012 06:40:25 PM UTC
Entity Name: alerts
Entity Type: Resource
Entity Subtype: Application
Entity State: Resource has faulted
Traps Origin: Veritas_Cluster_Server
System Name: app-49-209
Entities Container Name: CMSApp_Cluster
Entities Container Type: Service Group

The message usually get sent with line breaks, so I would guess these is some issue with your email client as for example if you view some UNIX files in notepad, they display on all one line, but display ok in WordPad.  You could try saving a message in your email client to disk and then try to open with WordPad to see if this is the issue (although this relies on your email client saving the message properly).

There are no options to specify the format of the email.

Mike