My OperaNew to Hyperic HQ: Part 4 (end)
Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:53:10 PM
Alerts
Alerts in HQ is a way for spotting resource problems. To Enable an alert we need to set it up first. As an example we're going to create an alert that monitor the availability of HQ agent.
1. Open browse page, select servers.
2. Select HQ Agent, indicators page for HQ agent appears.
3. Click alerts tab, alerts page appears.
4. Click New button, new alert definition page appears.
New Alert Definition Page: figure 1
5. Enter alert's name in Alert Properties section. In Condition Set section, select metric in a drop-down menu. Choose Availability from the menu. Leave Enable Action option set to "Each time condition are met". Check "Generate one alert the disable alert until fixed" box. Click Ok. Alert definition page appears.
Alert Definition Page: figure 2
6. In the alert definition page, click Notify HQ users. Click add to list button, select a user from the list. Click Ok.
Notify HQ Users Tab: figure 3
List of Users: figure 4
Alert in Action
We're going to test our newly created alert by stopping the HQ agent. Now just shut the agent down. Open HQ Dashboard. In the Recent Alert portlet, click the alert. We can see the alert in alert center by clicking Analize Tab in the masthead too.
Alerts in HQ is a way for spotting resource problems. To Enable an alert we need to set it up first. As an example we're going to create an alert that monitor the availability of HQ agent.
1. Open browse page, select servers.
2. Select HQ Agent, indicators page for HQ agent appears.
3. Click alerts tab, alerts page appears.
4. Click New button, new alert definition page appears.
New Alert Definition Page: figure 1
5. Enter alert's name in Alert Properties section. In Condition Set section, select metric in a drop-down menu. Choose Availability from the menu. Leave Enable Action option set to "Each time condition are met". Check "Generate one alert the disable alert until fixed" box. Click Ok. Alert definition page appears.
Alert Definition Page: figure 2
6. In the alert definition page, click Notify HQ users. Click add to list button, select a user from the list. Click Ok.
Notify HQ Users Tab: figure 3
List of Users: figure 4
Alert in Action
We're going to test our newly created alert by stopping the HQ agent. Now just shut the agent down. Open HQ Dashboard. In the Recent Alert portlet, click the alert. We can see the alert in alert center by clicking Analize Tab in the masthead too.
