Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide

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2.3.6 Using an alarm for monitoring

If an alarm is set, when the performance data reaches a pre-defined threshold, the lamp icon (alarm icon) in the monitoring window blinks red and the system administrator can be notified of a problem (alarm). You can output a log (action log) when an alarm is triggered. For details on action logs, see G. Outputting Action Log Data.

When binding alarm tables, you can choose to bind a single alarm table for each agent, or bind multiple alarm tables for each agent. For details on binding alarm tables, see 3.4.4 Examining the binding method of an alarm table.

When binding occurs, Performance Management begins monitoring based on the alarm definition.

Organization of this subsection
(1) Copying and customizing an alarm table
(2) Binding the alarm table and the agent

(1) Copying and customizing an alarm table

The following example shows an alarm table called Web Server Monitoring being created by customizing the monitoring template of the alarm table PFM Windows Solution Alarms 8.00 from the PFM - Agent for Platform (Windows).

To copy and customize an alarm table:

  1. In the navigation frame of the Main window, select the Alarms tab.
    The Alarms window is displayed.

  2. In the navigation frame of the Alarms window, expand the subgroup in the Windows folder.
    The alarm tables in the monitoring template for the PFM - Agent for Platform (Windows) are displayed.

  3. From the alarm level in the navigation frame, select PFM Windows Solution Alarms 8.00.
    A check mark appears next to PFM Windows Solution Alarms 8.00.

  4. In the method frame, select the Copy method.
    The Copy > Input Name[Alarm Table] window is displayed.

  5. Enter Application Server Monitoring for New alarm table name.
    Enter the data as shown below:

    Figure 2-12 Example of entering the data in the Copy > Input Name[Alarm Table] window

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    Note
    You can assign any name to an alarm table but you cannot specify PFM as the first three letters.

  6. Click the OK button.
    The newly created alarm table is added to the navigation frame of the Alarms window.

  7. Select the CPU Usage alarm in order to edit the CPU monitoring conditions in the new alarm table.
    Display and select the subgroup below the new alarm table.

    Figure 2-13 Selecting an alarm from the alarm level

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    A check mark appears next to the CPU Usage alarm. When the CPU Usage alarm is selected, the Edit method is displayed in the method frame.

  8. Select the Edit method in the method frame.
    The Edit > Main Information window is displayed.

  9. Change the value of the item below in Advanced settings.
    Change Damping to the following:
    • 4 occurrence(s) during 5 Interval(s)

      Figure 2-14 Example of the Edit > Main Information window

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      Figure 2-15 Example of modifying the data in the Edit > Main Information window

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      Figure 2-16 Example of modifying the data in the Edit > Action window

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      Figure 2-17 Example of modifying the data in the Edit > Action Definition window

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    Damping
    Damping refers to the setting that controls whether a notification is sent out after a threshold is reached a certain number of times within a certain interval. By setting this item, the system can be operated so that a notification is sent only when the CPU has a heavy, continuous load.

  10. Click the Finish button.
    Next, perform binding.

(2) Binding the alarm table and the agent

The newly created alarm table and the agent must be bound (linked). When binding occurs, Performance Management begins monitoring based on the alarm definition. This subsection describes how to bind a single alarm table to an agent.

To bind the alarm table and the agent:

  1. In the navigation frame of the Main window, select the Agents tab.
    The Agents window is displayed.

  2. In the navigation frame of the Agents window, select the agent that will bind the newly created alarm table.
    The selected agent is marked with a check mark.

  3. In the method frame, select Bind Alarm Table.
    The Bind Alarm Table to Agents window is displayed.
    The alarm table level is displayed in the information frame.

    Figure 2-18 Bind Alarm Table window

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  4. From the alarm table level, select the alarm table to bind.
    The selected alarm table is marked with a check mark.

  5. Click the OK button.
    When the alarm table is bound to the agent, monitoring based on the alarm table begins.

  6. In the method frame, select the Display Alarm Status method.
    The Alarm Status window is displayed.

    Figure 2-19 Example of the Alarm Status window

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    A defined alarm is displayed in the bound alarm table.
    When an alarm occurs, the alarm icon is displayed in a color that indicates the alarm status. When you click the alarm icon, the Properties window for the alarm is displayed, where you can check details of the alarm definition.
    You can also check the operating status of the monitoring agent based on the message displayed for Health check status.

This subsection showed how to copy, customize, and use a solution set's alarm tables. However, the solution set's alarm tables can also be used as is. You can also define a specific alarm table instead of using a solution set. For details on how to define an alarm table, see the chapter that describes operation monitoring with alarms in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide.

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