Create a New Alert Setting
You can configure alert settings to generate alerts based on system health or data in the system audit records. You can configure event types to include in the alert notification, date range, whether to notify all users or only the current user, alerts related to the overall health of the system, when there was a data retention, and so on. You can generate an alert immediately or schedule the alert generation for a later day and time. The generated report is sent to the recipient’s e-mail ID in HTML or PDF format.
To create an alert setting:
- Select Administration > Insights Management > Alert Settings.
The Alerts Settings page appears.
- Click Create.
The Create New Alert Setting page appears.
- Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.
- Click Save.
A new alert setting is created and displayed on the Alerts Settings page.
Table 1: Create New Alert Setting
Setting | Guideline |
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Type | Select the type of alert notification to be configured: System Audit or System Health. |
System Audit Alert Settings | |
Event Type | Select the event types to include in the alert notification:
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Users | Select whether to send the alert notification to all users or only to the current user. |
Date Range | To filter the report notification by time period, select one of the following options: Last Day, Last Week, Last Month, Last Year |
Max Num Results | Enter the number of rows of results to include in the alert notification (default is 25). |
Format | Select HTML or PDF as the notification output format. |
Generate On | Select Trigger to generate an alert immediately. Select By Schedule to schedule the alert generation on a specified day and time. For time, use the format 00:00 am or pm. |
Recipient’s Email | Enter a valid e-mail address of the recipient. You can enter more than one e-mail ID. Separate e-mail IDs with commas. |
System Health Alert Settings | |
Health | For system health alerts, select either Overall Health metrics, Data Retention, or HA Alerts. For data retention, you will receive alerts when the device reaches 80% capacity. You must delete old data to store the incoming data. |
Format | Select HTML or PDF as the notification output format. |
Generate On | Select Trigger to generate an alert immediately. Select By Schedule to schedule the alert generation on a specified day and time. For time, use the format 00:00 am or pm. Note: For HA alerts, you can only trigger an alert. You cannot schedule the alert generation. |
Recipient’s Email | Enter a valid e-mail address of the recipient. You can enter more than one e-mail ID. Separate e-mail IDs with commas. |