List of alarms

A table containing one or more alarms is called an alarm table. The alarms defined in the monitoring template of PFM - Agent for Platform are stored in the alarm tables in the Windows folder, which is displayed on the Alarms tab in PFM - Web Console.

The following lists the alarm table names:

Square brackets ([ ]) in an alarm table name
The monitoring item applicable to the alarm table is enclosed in square brackets ([ ]). The alarm table without a square-bracket suffix consists of basic alarms.
Number at the end of an alarm table name
This value indicates the alarm table version.
For PFM - Agent for Platform, the Alarms tree might display an alarm table of a version that is not available in the Performance Management system being used. When using an alarm table defined in the monitoring template, check the alarm table version being used by the Performance Management system and version compatibility. For details about the alarm table version and version compatibility, see H. Version Compatibility.

The table below shows the alarms defined in the monitoring template of PFM - Agent for Platform.

Table 6-1 Alarm list

Alarm table nameAlarm nameMonitoring target
PFM Windows Template Alarms 09.00Available MemoryUnused size in the physical memory area (MB)
CPU UsageCPU usage (%)
Disk SpacePercentage of free space in the entire usable logical disk
PFM Windows Template Alarms [CPU] 09.00CPU UsageCPU usage (%)
Processor QueueNumber of requests in the processor queue
SVR Processor Queue
PFM Windows Template Alarms [MEM] 09.00Available MemoryUnused space in the physical memory area (MB)
Committed MbytesAmount of used virtual memory area (MB)
Pages/secRate of paging for the pages when page faults occurred (per second)
Page Faults/secNumber of page faults that occurred (per second)
PFM Windows Template Alarms [DSK] 09.00Disk SpacePercentage of free space in the entire usable disk
Logical Disk FreeUnused area in the entire usable disk space (MB)
Disk Busy %Percentage of elapsed time when the disk was busy processing a read or write request
Logical Disk QueueNumber of queued requests remaining on a disk that are waiting to be processed or are currently being processed
Physical Disk Queue
PFM Windows Template Alarms [NET] 09.00Network ReceivedAmount of data received over the network interface (bytes/second)
PFM Windows Template Alarms [PS] 09.10Process EndProcess name
Process AliveNumber of processes being executed by the workgroup
Service (Service Nm)Service name used in the service control manager database, and the service status during data collection
Service (Display Nm)Name used by the user interface program to identify the service, and the service status during data collection
Process ExistenceProgram name
PFM Windows Template Alarms [LOG] 09.00Event Log (all)All errors and warnings output to the event log
Event Log (System)All MSCS errors and warnings output to the event log
PFM Windows Template Alarms [APP] 09.10Application StatusStatus of the application for which information about process operating status is being collected