Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide

6.4.2 Creating an alarm (setting the basic information)

To create a new alarm in the alarm table:

1. Log on to PFM - Web Console from the browser of the monitoring console.
   The main window appears.
   You must log on as a user with administrator user permissions.
   
2. In the tab frame of the main window, select the Alarms tab.
   The Alarms window appears.
   
3. In the navigation frame, select the folder of the PFM - Agent product to create an alarm table.
   The selected folder is marked with a checkmark.
   
4. In the navigation frame, select the folder of the PFM - Agent or PFM - RM product for which you want to create an alarm table.
   The selected alarm table is marked with a checkmark.
   
5. In the method frame, select New Alarm.
   In the information frame, the New Alarm > Main Information window appears.
   
6. In the General Settings area of the Alarm > Main Information window, set the basic information for the alarm.
   

   Alarm name

   You can use up to 20 bytes of alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following symbols: % - ( ) _ . / @ [].

   Alarm Message

   You can enter up to 255 bytes of characters. This item can be omitted.

   Product displays the product (data model) that you have selected in the navigation frame. Alarm table name displays the name of the alarm table that you have selected in the navigation frame.
   
   For example, when you want to define an alarm to monitor the busy state of the processor, you can specify the following settings:
   Alarm name: Usage of CPU
   Alarm message: CPU is at %CVS% utilization
   The following figure shows an example of these settings.
   

   Figure 6-4 New Alarm > Main Information window

   

   Reference note:

   You can use variables such as %SCT and %HNS for the Alarm message setting. For further details on the variables, see the chapter that describes the window in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Reference.

   Note 1

   If you have selected Monitor whether the value exists, the value specified in the conditional expression does not exist when the alarm is reported. In that case, a variable %CVS specified in the Message or the Mail Subject is replaced with an empty string.

   Note 2

   If the message text contains a multi-byte character that follows %CVS, the text might be corrupted after variable expansion. Make sure that there are no multi-byte characters following the %CVS variable.

7. In the Advanced settings area of the New Alarm > Main Information window, set a monitoring time and damping for the alarm.
   For example, if the alarm table is defined to monitor the busy state of the processor, and you want to monitor the target 24 hours a day and be notified when the threshold has been exceeded two times over three monitoring intervals, you can specify the following settings:
   Enable alarm: selected
   Always monitor: selected
   Report alarm when the following damping condition is reached.: Selected
   2 occurrence(s) during 3 Interval(s)
   

   Note:

   The damping setting is still valid when you set the monitoring time range. For example, if you set the alarm to be issued when the threshold is exceeded two times over three intervals within the monitoring time range of 09:00 to 21:00. However, the alarm changes to the normal status when the threshold is exceeded two times outside the monitoring time range in that day.

   However, because the alarm status continues even when the date is changed, if the threshold is exceeded only once at or after 9:00 the next day, the condition that the threshold was exceeded twice over three intervals is met, so an alarm occurs.

   The following figure shows an example of these settings.
   

   

8. Click the Next > button.
   The following window and the available alarm conditions depend on whether you select Monitor whether the value exists or not.
   
   • When Monitor whether the value exists has been selected:
     You are guided to the Alarm Conditions window. Go to 6.4.3 Setting a value whose existence is to be monitored to set the conditional expression for monitoring to check all of the fields for the value.
     
   • When Monitor whether the value exists has not been selected:
     You are directed to the Alarm Conditions window. Go to 6.4.4 Setting the alarm conditions to set the alarm conditions.
     

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