Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide

6.4.7 Copying an alarm table or alarm

The sections describe how to copy an alarm table or alarm.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Copying an alarm table

(2) Copying an alarm

(1) Copying an alarm table

To copy a monitoring template or 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 alarm table to copy.
   The selected report is marked with a checkmark.
   
4. In the method frame, select Copy.
   In the information frame, the Copy > Input Name (Alarm Table) window appears.
   
5. Enter the new alarm table name.
   

   New alarm table name

   You can use up to 64 bytes of alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following symbols: % - ( ) _ . / @ []. Note that you cannot specify an alarm table name that begins with PFM.

   The following figure shows an example of this setting.
   

   Figure 6-10 Copy > Input Name [Alarm Table] window

   

6. Click the OK button.
   The alarm table selected in step 3 is copied into the same location as the original alarm table.
   

Supplemental information:

The alarm table cannot be copied into a folder different from the folder of the original alarm table.

(2) Copying an alarm

When you want to add an alarm to the alarm table, you can copy an existing alarm.

To copy an alarm:

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 alarm to copy.
   The selected alarm is marked with a checkmark.
   
4. In the method frame, select Copy.
   In the information frame, the Copy > Input Name (Alarm) window appears.
   
5. Enter the new alarm name.
   

   New alarm name

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

   The following figure shows an example of this setting.
   

   Figure 6-11 Copy > Input Name [Alarm] window

   

6. Click the OK button.
   The alarm selected in step 3 is added.
   

   Supplemental information:

   The alarm can only be copied into the alarm table where the original alarm is.

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