Alarms are events associated with specific elements. Each alarm has a severity level. Alarms contribute to the condition of an element. Thus, monitoring an element’s state often involves analyzing the alarms associated with the element.
The
view displays a list of all alarms that occurred for an element selected in the pane and for the element’s children:Figure 7-1 Alarms View
The administrator defines the events and conditions that trigger an alarm.
Each alarm entry is color coded to identify its severity level. The severity filter buttons (located on the toolbar) identify the colors representing, from left to right, the most critical to the least critical alarms.
The
view filters alarms based on the alarm type. The following information displays for both and alarms:Alarms
Audit Events
Outages (available for Historical only)
Change events (Historical only)
For more information, see the Operations Center 5.5 Version Tracking Guide.
Service Level Breaches
Service Level Metrics
Text comments for an element
If the Service Warehouse database is unavailable, formula.trc file indicates that Operations Center could not retrieve the alarms because the database was unavailable. Additionally, no outages are created when the database is unavailable.
alarms do not display in the view. However, it is possible to add new comments for these alarms. The new comments are added to the Service Warehouse database after it becomes available. An informational log message in theBy default, Table 7-1.
alarms display in descending order by the date and the time that the most recently reported alarms occurred. Service level breaches, outages dates, and times indicate when the breaches or outages occurred. The view provides information in the columns described inTable 7-1 Standard Alarms View Columns
Column |
Description |
---|---|
Severity |
Color codes indicate the severity of the alarm. |
Element |
Identifies the element that generated the alarm. |
Date/Time |
Identifies the date and time when the alarm was reported. |
ID |
Unique identifier that Operations Center generates for alarms. |
It is possible to display other columns in the Section 3.4.2, Hiding, Displaying, and Selecting Columns.
view. The column names vary, depending on the management system associated with the alarm. For more information, seeTo change the type of alarms displayed in the
view:In the
pane, select an element.Click the
tab to display the view.On the toolbar, click the alarms drop-down, then select an alarm type.
The
view updates to display alarms of the selected type