Alerts

Use the Alerts page to view, evaluate, and manage the alert notifications that were generated when certain conditions were detected on monitored storage system.

You can view the Alerts and Alert definitions tabs to gain insights about the specific storage systems when it is met with certain conditions. Click Alerts in the storage system details page from the modern UI to view the storage system-specific alerts and alert definitions.

The following alert-specific information is displayed in the header section:
  • Alert policy name: Hyperlinked alert policy name to which the storage system belongs. Clicking the alert policy name opens the alert policy details.
  • Emails subscribed: Displays emails list for which alerts are sent and an edit icon. Clicking the edit icon opens edit notifications window.
  • Policy actions:
    • View policy: Appears only if the alert policy is associated with the storage system. Clicking View policy open the policy details page.
    • View all policies: Displays the list of entire alert policies in your IBM Storage Insights tenant.
    • Set policy: Assign the storage system to an alert policy. The alert definitions in the policy are automatically applied to the storage system. Select No policy to remove the storage system from the alert policy.
    • Create policy: Appears when the storage system is not assigned with any policy. Create a new alert policy of your preference.
    • Edit alert definitions: Appears when the storage system is not assigned with any policy. Customize the alert definitions for the storage system.

Alerts

  • Displays a data grid with the alerts specific to the selected storage system. At the top of the grid, you can find sections for Unacknowledged, Acknowledged, and Severity alerts. Each section displays a clickable count (or label if the count is 0) that filters the table when selected.
  • Table operations: Use search, maximize icon, filter, settings, column chooser, and export report options for enhanced data management of the alerts table.
  • Multi-select options: If a mix of acknowledged and unacknowledged alerts are selected, only Remove and Cancel appear in the multi select operation bar. If all selected alerts are unacknowledged, the Acknowledge option also appears in the multi select operation bar.

Actions available in the vertical dots menu:

In addition to viewing information directly on the page, you can perform the following actions by clicking the vertical dots menu at the end of each alert row:
  • Acknowledge or Unacknowledge: Successfully acknowledges or unacknowledges an alert, with an inline notification that appears at the upper right corner.
  • Remove: Removes the alert from the table.
  • View Details: Opens a right panel that displays following information:
    • The alert name, timestamp, severity, condition, violation, alert source, and category.
    • Overview tab that includes a description (if available), affected resources, and analysis. If multiple resources are affected, a data table lists them.
    • You can acknowledge or remove alerts directly from this alert details page.

For more information about all the columns available in the Alerts page, see Information about alerts section in the Viewing and administering alerts page.

Alert definitions

  • Displays a data grid with the alert definitions specific to selected storage system.
  • Table operations: Use search, maximize icon, filter, settings, column chooser, and export report options for enhanced data management of the alerts table.
  • You can enable or disable the alert definitions using the toggle icon in the Enabled column.
  • Multi-select options: Select a single or multiple alert definitions row to enable or disable the alert definitions.