Viewing and administering alert definitions

View and administer the alert definitions and notification settings for alert policies, resources, applications, and general groups. You can also view and administer alert definitions for switches, fabrics, hosts, and virtual machines.

Viewing and administering alert definitions

Table 1. Viewing and administering alert definitions
Actions Steps

Create alert definitions in an alert policy. Learn more
  1. Go to Configuration > Alert Policies.
  2. To create a policy with default alert definitions, click Create Policy.
  3. To create a policy by copying an existing policy, select the policy to copy, then click Actions > Copy Policy.

Modify alert definitions and notification settings in an alert policy. Learn more
  1. Go to Configuration > Alert Policies.
  2. To modify a policy, double-click the policy.
  3. To edit the alert definitions, click Edit Alert Definitions on the Alert Definitions tab.
  4. To edit the notification settings, click Edit Policy Notifications.

Restriction: You cannot modify the default alert policies.

Define and edit the alert definitions or notification settings for a resource that is not managed by an alert policy.

Learn more about defining alerts for resources

Learn more about modifying notification settings
  1. Go to the list page for the resource.
  2. Double-click the resource for which you want to define alerts.
  3. To edit the alert definitions, click Alert Definitions in the General section of the resource details page, then click Edit Alert Definitions.
    Note: Ransomware alerts can not be edited from the resource details page and do not depend on any alert policy. Ransomware alerts are always defined at the device level and can be enabled or disabled from Enabling and disabling alerts for ransomware threat detection.
  4. To edit the notification settings, click Edit Notifications.

Define and edit the alert definitions for an application or general group. Learn more
  1. For applications, go to Groups > Applications. For general groups, go to Groups > General Groups.
  2. Right-click an application or general group and click View Alert Definitions.

Disable an alert definition for a resource, application, or general group.
  1. Go to the list page for the resource.
  2. Right-click the resource for which you want to disable an alert, then click View Alert Definitions.
  3. Click Edit Alert Definitions.
  4. Click the check mark to remove the check mark from the alert definition.
  5. Click Save Changes.