Creating Alarm Condition Objects
To create an Alarm Condition object, perform the following actions:
- Go to Configuration > System > Configuration Manager.
- Click Alarm Conditions. The Alarm Conditions list displays.
- Click the New button.
- Enter the following information. For some fields, you can either enter the name of a value or click the
Browse button to select a value from a list:
- Name—The name of the Alarm Condition. You must specify a value for this property and that value must be unique
within the Configuration Database.
- Description—A brief description of the Alarm Condition.
- Category—The category of the Alarm Condition: Critical, Major, or Minor.
You must specify a value for this property.
- Detect Script—The Script that describes the logic applied to detect the alarm.
- Cancel Timeout—The amount of time, in seconds, that the Alarm Condition is registered in the Log Database,
unless another event cancels it or a user clears it. When this timeout expires, the Alarm Condition is unconditionally cleared.
- Detect Log Event ID—The identifier of the event that triggers the alarm. You must specify a value for this property.
- Detect Selection—The mode for event selection that the Management Layer uses for Alarm Condition analysis.
The modes are as follows:
- Select By Any—The specified event from any application results in an alarm.
- Select By Application—The specified event from a selected application results in an alarm.
Select this option to display the Application field. Click the Browse icon to select an item from
a list, or type the name or partial name of the item in the Quick Filter field. The list is populated with Application
objects that are stored in Configuration Server.
- Select By Application Type—The specified event from a selected application type results in an alarm.
Select this option to display the Type field. Click the drop-down button to select an item from the list. The list is
populated with Application objects that have defined subtypes.
- Cancel Log Event ID—The identifier of the event that triggers clearance of the alarm. For alarm clearance,
the Management Layer uses the event from the same application(s) as specified for the detect event for this Alarm Condition.
- Tenant—In a multi-tenant environment, the Tenant to which this object
belongs. This value is automatically set to the Tenant that was specified in the Tenant Directory field in the object list.
- State Enabled—If selected, indicates that the object is in regular
operating condition and can be used without any restrictions.
- Click the Save button.
You can also set the Alarm Detection Scripts and Alarm
Reaction Scripts.