Searching For AlarmsThe Sun Management Center server maintains a database of alarms for all hosts within the server context. The Alarm Search View and the Host Alarm Summary can be used to query this database and display the results. The Alarm Search ViewThe Alarm Search View can be obtained by clicking on the Alarms Button on the Navigation Bar. A typical Alarm Search View is shown below:
Specify the search criteria, then click on the Search Button to perform the search. The search criteria are described in the table below:
IMPORTANT: Domain alarm searches will NOT include alarms that ONLY appear in Managed Objects (such as Module Objects) in the domain. For an alarm to be included, the domain must contain a Host Object for that Managed Object.
After the search is performed, a table is displayed listing the alarms matching the specified criteria. This table contains the alarm icon (indicating severity and state), the host and port where the alarm occurred, the status message, the start time, and the end time (for closed alarms only). The number of alarms found is displayed at the top right of the table. To drill down directly to the source of an alarm, select the alarm icon or the link in the Status column. If there are any alarms in the table that can be acknowledged, there will be three links labeled select all, select none, and acknowledge above the table. To acknowledge one or more alarms, select the checkboxes in the first column of the table corresponding to the alarms you wish to acknowledge and click on acknowledge. To select all checkboxes, click on select all. To unselect all checkboxes, click on select none. TIP: The alarms in the table can be sorted based on any column by clicking on the column headers. Host Alarm SummaryThe Host Alarm Summary View can be obtained by clicking on the Alarms button in the Host Bar. The Host Alarm Summary View contains a table listing the alarms on the currently viewed host. By default, alarms of severity Down, Critical and Alert are displayed, acknowledged alarms are displayed, and closed alarms are not displayed. These search criteria can be modified and a new search can be performed by selecting the Search Button. A typical Host Alarm Summary View is shown below:
The Host Alarm Summary View is similar to the Alarm Search View, except that the host and port search criteria do not need to be specified, and do not appear in the table. Time Range EditorThe Time Range Editor (Figure 19), lets you specify a time period. You can specify the start and end times directly, by checking off the Start and End boxes, and selecting the times using the time and calendar controls under the checkboxes. Alternatively, you can specify one end point, such as the start time, and optionally the duration of the time period by checking off the duration box and selecting the length of the time period from the list below. If no duration is specified, the time range will be all points after the start time (if start was selected), or all points before the end time (if end was selected). To change the time in the time control, select either the hours, minutes or seconds box, and then 1) enter the new value, or 2) use the Up and Down arrows at the right to increment/decrement the selected value. Use the down or up arrow to switch from AM to PM if needed. To change the month or year, click on the single (month) or double (year) arrows to the left (decrement) or right (increment) of the month control. To pick a day of the month, simply click on that day in the calendar. The new day should then be highlighted. In all cases, the start and/or end time(s) will be calculated and displayed in the From and To fields at the bottom of the window. Once you have selected the desired time range, exit the editor by clicking Apply. To exit without changing the time range, click Cancel.
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