You can configure various aspects of alert monitoring. For example, email alerts can be sent to administrators, and you can update which server messages trigger alerts.
Table 1 lists the configuration tasks that you can complete, and includes instructions for completing each task in the Operations Center or by using server commands.
| Alert configuration task | Task instructions |
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| Query the settings for alert monitoring | Use the following command:
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| Activate alert monitoring | When you configure a Tivoli® Storage Manager server as a hub or spoke server for the Operations Center, alert monitoring is activated by default. However, email notification about alerts is not activated by default. You can also use the following
command to activate alert monitoring:
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| Send email alerts to administrators |
For more information about configuring
email notification for alerts, see Sending email alerts to administrators. For
example, to complete the configuration, you might need to use the
following commands:
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| Query which messages trigger alerts | On the Alerts page, you can see which server message triggers each alert. You can
also use the following command to obtain this information:
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| Update which messages trigger alerts |
You can also use the following commands:
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| Change the alert category |
You can also use the following command to change the alert
category:
Tip: A category change is effective only for
future alerts. The category for existing alerts in the Operations Center is not updated.
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| Define how often alerts are updated in the server database | Use the following command:
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| Define how long alerts remain in each state | On the Settings page of the Operations Center, you can change the duration that alerts remain active, inactive, or closed. You can also use the following commands:
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