Specifying event logging and actions

When you have specified the threshold values for your monitor, you can click the Actions tab to select event logging and the PC actions to be taken when a threshold is triggered or reset.

Some of the actions you can select are:

Table 1. Actions that you can select
Action	Description
Log event	Adds an entry to the event log on the central system when the threshold is triggered or reset. The entry includes the date and time the event occurred, the endpoint system being monitored, the metric being collected, and the monitor that logged the event.
Open event log	Displays the event log when an event occurs.
Open monitor	Displays a list of systems that are being monitored for the specified metrics and a list of the values for the specified metrics as they are collected for each system.
Sound alarm	Sounds an alarm on the PC when the threshold for the monitor is triggered.
Run i5/OS command	If you have specified a server command to run when the threshold for this monitor is triggered or reset, those commands run only during times that actions are applied. This option cannot be changed from the Actions page. If you do not want the command to run, you can remove the command from the Metrics page. Whenever you manually reset a threshold, you can select whether to run the specified reset command.

When you have specified the actions that you want to take when a threshold value is reached, you are ready to specify when to apply the thresholds and actions you have selected.

How to read the event log

The Event log window displays a list of threshold trigger and reset events for all of your monitors. You can specify on the Monitor Properties - Actions page for each monitor whether you want events added to the Event Log. To see the Properties pages for any monitor, select the monitor in the Monitors list and then select Properties from the File menu.

The list of events is arranged in order by date and time by default, but you can change the order by clicking on any column heading. For example, to sort the list by the endpoint system where the event occurred, click System.

An icon to the left of each event indicates the type of event:

Table 2. Icons and meanings they indicate
Icon	Description
	Indicates that this event is a trigger event for which you did not specify a server command to be run when the threshold was triggered.
	Indicates that this event is a trigger event for which you specified a server command to be run when the threshold was triggered.
	Indicates that this event is a threshold reset event.

You can customize the list of events to include only those that meet specific criteria by selecting Options from the menu bar and then selecting Include.

You can specify which columns of information you want to display in the list and the order in which you want the columns to be displayed by selecting Options from the menu bar and then selecting Columns.

You can view the properties of an event to get more information about what triggered the event log entry.

You can have more than one Event Log window open at the same time, and you can work with other windows while the Event Log windows are open. Event Log windows are updated continuously as events occur.