6.5.1 Creating an alarm using Quick Guide

For details on how to create a report, see 5.4 Creating reports in the Web browser (Quick Guide).

1. From the monitoring console Web browser, log on to PFM - Web Console.

2. In the navigation frame of the main window, select the Agents tab.

3. In the navigation frame of the Agents window, select the display format for the Agents tree from the Display Style pull-down menu.

   • When User Agents is selected:

     The Agents tree that has User Agents (logged-on-user-name) as the root appears.

   • When Products is selected:

     The Agents tree that has Products as the root appears.

4. From the Agents tree in the navigation frame, select the agent for which you want to create an alarm.

   The selected agent is marked with a checkmark.

5. Choose the Quick Guide button in the method frame.

6. In the Quick Guide window, display the fields you want to use to create the alarm.

   You can use one of the following ways to display a field:

   • Click and expand the appropriate record name menu and select fields from the displayed list.

   • Search fields for a specific character string and select fields from the search results.

     You can search fields by entering a search string into Keyword and clicking the Search Fields button. For details on searching for fields, see 5.4.2 Searching for fields.

7. Click an alarm icon that is displayed in the field.

8. In the Quick Guide > Create Alarm window, enter values for Abnormal condition and Warning condition.

9. If necessary, enter a value for Alarm table name, Alarm name, and Alarm message.

   The default alarm table name, alarm name and alarm message are preset. You can change these items as required.

10. Click the Finish button.

    The KAVJJ8554-Q message appears.

11. Choose Yes or No.

    The alarm will be created. If you choose Yes, the created alarm table is bound to the agent selected in step 4. If you choose No, the alarm table is not bound to an agent.

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