SET ALERTACTIVEDURATION (Set the duration of an active alert)

Use this command to specify how long an alert remains active before it is becomes inactive. If an active alert is triggered again, the duration is restarted.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSet ALERTACtiveduration number_mins

Parameters

number_mins (Required)
Specifies the number of minutes that an alert remains active before it is becomes inactive. Specify a value from 1 to 20160. The initial server default value is 480 minutes.

Set the duration of an active alert to one day

Issue the following command to specify that alerts remain active for 1440 minutes before they change to inactive status:
set alertactiveduration 1440

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to SET ALERTACTIVEDURATION
Command Description
QUERY MONITORSETTINGS (Query the configuration settings for monitoring alerts and server status) Displays information about monitoring alerts and server status settings.
SET ALERTINACTIVEDURATION (Set the duration of an inactive alert) Specifies how long an alert remains inactive before it is closed.
SET ALERTCLOSEDDURATION (Set the duration of a closed alert) Specifies how long an alert remains closed before it is deleted.
SET ALERTMONITOR (Set the alert monitor to on or off) Specifies whether alert monitoring is set to on or off.
SET ALERTUPDATEINTERVAL (Set how often the alert monitor updates and prunes alerts) Specifies how often the alert monitor updates and prunes alerts from the database.