6.10.6 Specifying repeated event conditions
By specifying repeated event conditions, you can consolidate events that meet the specified conditions on the manager, display them in the events list, and suppress automatic action execution.
You can specify repeated event conditions in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window or List of Repeated Event Conditions window. For details about each window, see 3.17 Repeated Event Condition Settings window and 3.19 List of Repeated Event Conditions window in the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager GUI Reference.
To specify repeated event conditions, the JP1 user who performs operations from JP1/IM - View must have JP1_Console_Admin permissions.
To specify repeated event conditions:
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In the Event Console window, from the Options menu, choose Repeated Event Condition Settings.
The List of Repeated Event Conditions window opens.
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Use one of the following methods to display the Repeated Event Condition Settings window:
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To specify a new repeated event condition, in the List of Repeated Event Conditions window, click the Add button.
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To edit an existing repeated event condition, in the List of Repeated Event Conditions window, select a displayed repeated event condition and click the Edit button.
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The Repeated Event Condition Settings window opens.
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On the Basic Settings page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, set Event conditions. (Optional)
Specify the attribute value with which to compare events subject to monitoring that are acquired by the manager.
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For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(1) Specifying event conditions in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Basic Settings page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, set Suppression items. (Required)
Set the items to be suppressed for JP1 events that match the condition.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(2) Setting suppression items in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify Conditions for same attribute values. (Optional)
Specify attribute values when you want to group all repeated events that match the repeated event condition by attribute and suppress them. For example, you can group all events whose severity level is Warning or lower by each attribute of the registered host name (B.SOURCESERVER).
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For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(3) Setting conditions for same attribute values in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify Threshold. (Optional)
Specify the threshold for starting to suppress the display of repeated events and the execution of automatic actions. If no threshold is specified, suppression starts when an event is acquired that matches the repeated event condition is acquired.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(4) Setting a threshold in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify End monitoring period. (Required)
Specify the period (end monitoring period) for determining when a large number of events is no longer occurring.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(5) Setting an end monitoring period in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify Suppression start event. (Optional)
Specify a suppression start event if you want to issue an event that indicates that suppression of a large number of events has started.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(6) Setting a suppression start event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify Suppression end event. (Optional)
Specify a suppression end event when you want to issue an event that indicates that suppression of a large number of events has ended.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(7) Setting a suppression end event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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On the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, specify Checks for suppression to continue and Processing for when suppression continues. (Optional)
Specify these values if you want to determine whether suppression of repeated event monitoring is continuing at a specified time interval (seconds) or after a specified number of events, if you want to issue a JP1 event for notification if suppression is continuing, or if you want to terminate suppression.
For details about the specification procedure, see 6.10.6(8) Setting checks for suppression to continue and processing for when suppression continues in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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In the Repeated Event Condition Settings window, click the OK button.
The repeated event condition is applied to the List of Repeated Event Conditions window.
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In the List of Repeated Event Conditions window, select the Apply check box for the repeated event condition that was set.
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In the List of Repeated Event Conditions window, click the Apply button.
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A confirmation message appears. To apply the settings, click Yes.
The repeated event condition takes effect.
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(1) Specifying event conditions in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(2) Setting suppression items in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(3) Setting conditions for same attribute values in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(4) Setting a threshold in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(5) Setting an end monitoring period in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(6) Setting a suppression start event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(7) Setting a suppression end event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
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(1) Specifying event conditions in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Basic Settings page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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Specify event conditions by performing the necessary operations from among the following:
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To add a new event condition, click the Add button.
An event condition whose Attribute name, Attribute value, and Condition are blank is added to the list of event conditions.
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To edit an event condition, select the event condition you want to edit from the list of event conditions. Then, select Attribute name, Attribute value, and Condition from the event condition editing area and click the Apply button.
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To delete an event condition, select the event condition you want to delete from the list of event conditions and then click the Delete button.
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To set as a condition an attribute value that is the same as the event selected in the Event Console window, click the Read From Selected Event button.
The condition that was set before the Read From Selected Event button was clicked is deleted and overwritten with the attribute value that is the same as the event selected in the Event Console window.
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(2) Setting suppression items in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Basic Settings page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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Select one or both of the following check boxes:
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Suppress display of the repeated events list
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Suppress actions of the repeated events
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If you selected Suppress actions of the repeated events in step 2, specify the range of events for which you want to suppress actions.
Select one of the following:
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All repeated events
Actions are suppressed for all repeated events that match the repeated event conditions.
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Repeated events other than repeated start events
Actions are suppressed for all repeated events that match the repeated event conditions, except for repeated start events (which triggered suppression).
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(3) Setting conditions for same attribute values in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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Specify conditions for same attribute values by performing whichever of the following operations is necessary:
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To add a condition for same attribute values, from the Conditions for same attribute values drop-down list, select an attribute name and click the Add button.
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To delete a condition for same attribute values, from the Attribute name list in Conditions for same attribute values, select an attribute name and click the Delete button.
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(4) Setting a threshold in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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For Threshold, select the Enable check box.
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Set a threshold.
For example, if the threshold is set to 10 events in 3 seconds (10 events / 3 seconds), suppression starts if ten or more events were acquired during the three seconds prior to the arrival time of the last event acquired by JP1/IM - Manager.
(5) Setting an end monitoring period in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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Specify the end monitoring period.
The concept of end monitoring period differs depending on whether a threshold is set in 6.10.6(4) Setting a threshold in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window. The following describes the difference between setting and not setting a threshold when the end monitoring period is set to 300 seconds.
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A large number of events is judged to no longer be occurring when the threshold that was set is not exceeded for 300 seconds prior to the arrival time of the last event acquired by JP1/IM - Manager.
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A large number of events is judged to no longer be occurring when no repeated event matching the repeated event condition is acquired during the 300 seconds prior to the arrival time of the last event acquired by JP1/IM - Manager.
(6) Setting a suppression start event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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For Suppression start event, select the Issue check box.
(7) Setting a suppression end event in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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For Suppression end event, select the Issue check box.
(8) Setting checks for suppression to continue and processing for when suppression continues in the Repeated Event Condition Settings window
Checks for suppression to continue and Processing for when suppression continues must be specified together. The specification procedure is as follows:
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Display the Options page of the Repeated Event Condition Settings window.
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In Checks for suppression to continue, select the Enable check box.
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In Checks for suppression to continue, specify the trigger for determining whether suppression is continuing.
Select either Time or Number of events. For details about the differences between these settings, see 4.4.7 Issuing notifications when the suppression of repeated-event display continues in the JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Overview and System Design Guide.
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In Processing for when suppression continues, select the processing that is to take place when suppression continues.
Select either Issue an event to notify that suppression will continue or Terminate suppression.
If you selected Terminate suppression, you can select the Issue an event to notify that suppression will be terminated check box to issue a JP1 event that indicates that suppression has been terminated.