Creating alert policies

Create alert policies to manage the alert conditions for multiple resources. If resources that are managed by the alert policy violate alert conditions, alerts are displayed on the Alerts page and users can be notified.

About this task

You can create an alert policy in the following ways:
  • Use the default alert definitions for the type of resource that is managed by the policy.
  • Copy an existing policy. For example, you can copy a default policy, then assign resources to the new policy. The alerts in the policy are configured with the default settings.
  • Create a policy using the alert definitions and notification settings for a specific resource. The new policy is not linked to the policy from which it is copied. If the original policy is updated, the new policy is not updated.

Procedure

  1. To create a policy, choose one of the following options:
    Option Description
    Create a policy with default alert definitions
    1. Go to Configuration > Alert Policies.
    2. Click Create Policy.
    3. Type a name for the policy.
    4. Select the type of resource that the policy will manage. You might need to specify more details for the resource. For example, if you select Storage System as the type of resource, you must specify the type of storage system.
    Create a policy by copying an existing policy
    1. Go to Configuration > Alert Policies.
    2. Click Actions > Copy Policy.
    Create a policy based on the alert definitions of a resource
    1. Go to the details page for that resource. For example, to create an alert policy from a IBM Storage FlashSystem 9100, click Resources > Block Storage Systems. Alternatively, for a switch, go to Resources > Switches.
    2. Right-click the resource, then click View Alert Definitions.
    3. Click Create Policy from the Policy Actions menu.
    4. Type a name for the policy.
  2. Optional: Select the resources to add to the policy.
  3. Click Create or click Copy, depending on which option you chose in step 1.

Results

If you created a policy by copying an existing policy, the alert definitions in the new policy are the same as those in the policy that you copied.

If you selected resources to add to the policy, those resources are now managed by the new policy. The alert definitions and notification settings in the policy are automatically applied to the resources that you selected.