The alerting function enables you to define alerts for storage-related events that occur within your environment. You can define alerts as part of monitoring jobs, or use the Alerting nodes within the different manager components to define resource-specific alerts.
For example, you can use the Data Manager > Alerting > Computer Alerts node to alert you if a computer's RAM increased or a new disk was detected. Use the Disk Manager > Alerting > Storage Subsystems node to alert you when a new storage subsystem is discovered in your environment.
Aperi Storage Manager keeps a log of the alerts that have been triggered and organizes that log according to alert type. See the alert log for more information.
The following are the alert types available in Data Manager:
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Alert type |
What does this alert do? |
Where do you define this alert in the user interface? |
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Use this alert to be notified when a condition is detected on a computer during a probe, such as RAM increased, a new disk was detected, etc. |
Data Manager |
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Use this alert to be notified when a condition is detected on a filesystem during a probe, such as a filesystem cannot be found, the free UNIX FS Inodes is less than a specified number, etc. |
Data Manager |
Once you have defined the events or conditions for which you want to be alerted, the tool monitors your storage assets for you. When a condition is met and alert is triggered, you can choose to be notified through a number of methods.
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Alert Mechanism |
Enables you to... |
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SNMP Trap |
generate an SNMP trap message to any NMS, console, or terminal to indicate the occurrence of an alert. |
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Login Notification |
send alerts to a specified user upon logging in to the system. |
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Windows Event Log, Unix Syslog (Unix) |
record alerts to the OS Event Log. If you already have an administrator monitoring OS logs, this is an easy way to have all of your priority messages centralized for quick notification and viewing. |
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Run Script |
run a script in response to an alert. |
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send alerts via email to email addresses that you specify. |