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Create and Manage Alert Definitions

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.

You can create an alert definition to monitor your data in real time. You can identify issues and attacks before they impact your network.

For example, if you are an administrator, you can define a condition such that if the number of firewall deny events crosses a predefined threshold in a given time frame for a specific device, you receive an email alert.

  1. Click Monitor > Alert > Alert Definitions.
  2. Click the + icon.
  3. Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided below:
    Table 1: Alert Definitions Settings

    Setting

    Guideline

    General

    Alert Name

    Enter a unique string of alphanumeric characters, colons, periods, dashes, and underscores. No spaces are allowed and the maximum length is 63 characters.

    Alert Description

    Enter a description for the alerts. The maximum length is 1024 characters.

    Alert Type

    Displays the type of alert that is system based.

    Status

    Click the toggle button to view only the active alerts.

    Severity

    Select the severity level of the alert: Info, minor, major, critical.

    Trigger

    Displays the data criteria from the list of default and user-created filters that are saved from the Event Viewer.

    Data Criteria

    Specifies the data criteria from the list of default and user-created filters that are saved from the Event Viewer.

    To add saved filters:

    • Click the Use data criteria from filters link. The Add Saved Filters page appears.

    • Select the filters to be added.

    • Click OK.

    Time Span

    Specify the time period for triggering an alert.

    Number of Events

    Enter the event threshold (number of logs for each category). An alert triggers if the number exceeds the specified threshold. Range: between 1-1,000,000,000.

    Recipient(s)

    E-mail address(es)

    Specify the e‐mail addresses for the recipients of the alert notification.

    Custom Message

    Enter a custom string for identifying the type of alert in the alert notification e‐mail.
  4. Click Ok.
    A new alert definition with the configured alert triggering condition is created. You can view the generated alerts from the alert definition to troubleshoot the issues with your system.
Manage Alert Definitions

  • Edit—Select the definition, and then click .

  • Clone—Select the definition, and then click More > Clone.

  • Delete—Select the definition, and then click .