Alert policies

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Use the Alert Policies page as a central location to view and manage all your alert policies.

To view the Alerts Policies page, click Settings > Alert Policies.

The Alert Policies page lists the default policies for your monitored resources and custom policies that you create. The page shows the following information for each alert policy:

  • The types of resource that are allowed in the policy.
  • The number of resources that are managed. To see which policies you are using, you can sort the list of policies by the number of resources.
  • The number of alerts that are defined.
  • Any email addresses that are specified to be notified about alerts instead of the default policy contacts.
You can manage the alert definitions and notification settings of the following types of resource using policies:
  • Block storage systems
  • File storage systems
  • Object storage systems
  • Hypervisors
  • Switches
  • Fabrics
  • Servers

Here are some important points about alert policies:

  • Alert policies manage one type of resource only.
  • A resource can be managed by only one alert policy.
  • It is not a requirement for resources to be managed by an alert policy. A resource can have its own alert definitions and notification settings, independent of an alert policy.
  • If a resource is managed by a policy, the resource cannot have alert definitions and notification settings that are independent of the policy. The alert definitions and notification settings that apply to the resource come from the policy.
  • When you add a resource to be monitored by IBM Spectrum Control, it is added to a default alert policy automatically.
  • Default policies with alerts already configured are available. You can create copies of the default policies and assign resources to the new policies. Your alerts are configured with the default settings.
  • If you add a resource to a policy, any existing alert definitions for the resource are replaced by the alert definitions in that policy. You can't restore the original alert definitions for a resource after you move it into the policy.

    To store a copy of the original alert definitions for a resource before you move it into a policy, create a policy based on the alert configuration of the resource. Then, move the resource to another policy. If you want to reapply the original alert definitions later, you can add the resource to the policy with the original alert configuration.

The Resources by Policy page lists the resources and the policies that manage the resources.

Tips:
  • If you have both Cisco and Brocade switches in your storage environment, you can manage the alert definitions for the different types of switch with different policies. Create the policies from the existing alert definitions in your switches. Alternatively, create copies of the default switch policy and edit the definitions to suit your requirements.
  • Default alert policies are not provided for agentless servers.