Alert attributes

Each Cloud Pak for Data System alert has a set of mandatory attributes, optional attributes that are common to multiple alerts, and alert-specific attributes.

The following attributes are included in every alert.
Table 1. Mandatory attributes
Attribute Name Description
ID Alert identifier. Each alert instance has its own unique identifier, starting from 1001.
Type High-level alert type, for example, HW_NEED_ATTENTION. For a list of types, see System hardware alerts and System software alerts.
ReasonCode A numeric value that determines the exact reason for rising the alert. For example, 502 means application start-up timeout. For a list of types, see System hardware alerts and System software alerts.
Group Indication of whether the alert is hardware related (HW) or software related (SW).
Title Descriptive title of the alert.
Date Time stamp that specifies when the alert was created.
Close Date The date when the alert was closed. This attribute pertains only to stateful alerts, that is, issues.
Target Determines the resource (device or service) for which the alert is reported.
Target Type

Identifies the type of component pointed by Target attribute.
Severity
Identifies the alert severity. The value can be:
  • CRITICAL
  • MAJOR
  • MINOR
  • WARNING
  • INFORMATION
Referenced Alert ID An ID of another alert that is related to the selected alert.
Following are the attributes that pertain to the status of the alert.
Table 2. Alert processing status attributes
Attribute Name Description
State Alert processing state
  • NEW - An alert has just been raised by a policy
  • COLLECTING - Automatic logs collection is in progress
  • DELIVERING - Alert delivery to SMTP and/or CallHome is in progress
  • DELIVERED - Alert has been delivered, or delivery failed, or delivery was not needed
    Draft comment: annabogusz
    why is the status DELIVERED when delivery failed?
  • CLOSED - Alert closed. Applies to issues only.
SMTP Status Status of sending SMTP notification:
  • NOT APPLICABLE
  • DELIVERING
  • DELIVERED
  • FAILED
Call Home Status Status of sending Call Home notification:
  • NOT APPLICABLE
  • DELIVERING
  • DELIVERED
  • FAILED
Log Collection Status Status of automatic log collection:
  • NOT APPLICABLE
  • COLLECTING
  • COLLECTED
  • FAILED
Log File Name Name of tarball tar.gz with collected logs
Log File Node Node on which the log file is stored
SRID Service request ID from Call Home