Alert Definitions Overview

Use the Alert Definitions page to generate alerts that warn you of problems in your monitored environment. An alert definition consists of data criteria for triggering an alert. An alert is triggered when the event threshold exceeds the data criteria that is defined.

Use this page to understand the alert definitions. Table 1 describes the fields on this page.

Table 1: Alert Definition Main Page Field
Field	Description
Select	Provides the option to select the available alerts.
Alert Name	Specifies the name of the alert.
Alert Description	Specifies the description of the alert.
Filter	Specifies the filter generating the alerts.
Recipients	Specifies the recipients of the alerts generated from the alert definitions.
Status	Specifies the status of the alert as active or inactive.
Severity	Specifies the severity level of the alert: Info, minor, major, critical.
Alert Type	Specifies the type of alert such as system-based.