Configuring alerts for probes

Configure the alert notifications that are generated if a probe fails to run.

You can define alerts for a resource if you want to be notified when the following conditions occur:
  • The status of its probe is error or warning. An error status occurs when a probe did not complete and no data was collected about a resource. A warning status occurs when a probe completes, but might not have collected a complete set of data.
  • A specified amount of time has passed since a probe collected data about a resource. You can use this type of alert to be notified when up-to-date configuration and status data is not being collected about a resource and its existing data might be stale.
To define an alert for the probe that collects data about a resource, complete the following steps:
  1. To select a resource, choose one of the following options from the menu bar:
    ResourceMenu bar
    Block storage systems Storage > Block Storage Systems
    File storage systems Storage > File Storage Systems
    Object storage systems Storage > Object Storage Systems
    Servers Servers > Servers
    Hypervisors Servers > Hypervisors
    Switches Network > Switches
    Fabrics Network > Fabrics
  2. Right-click a resource in the list and click Edit Alert Definitions.
  3. To enable the Probe Status alert for an attribute, click the corresponding switch icon Enable Alert icon and select a status to be alerted on.
    You can use this alert to be notified when a probe is only collecting partial data about a resource or not collecting any data.
  4. To enable the Last Successful Probe alert for an attribute, click the corresponding switch icon Enable Alert icon and specify how much time can pass before an alert is generated.
    You can use this alert to be notified when up-to-date configuration and status data is not being collected about a resource and its existing data might be stale.
  5. Click Save.