Alert Management

The Alert Management page lists current TSAM alerts. It allows you to "Add", "Edit" and "Delete" TSAM alerts. Table 1-30 lists the Alert Management page properties.

Table 1-30 Alert Management Page
Name
Description
Name
Alert name. Must be given when this alert is created.
Type
Alert type. TSAM supports four alert types: "Application", "Service", "System" and "Transaction" which correspond to the four performance monitoring categories.
Description
Alert description.
Add
Add a new alert
Edit
Edit a selected alert
Delete
Delete selected alert(s)

Alert Definition

The Alert Definition page appears when you click the "Add" or "Edit" button.

Note: "Edit" displays the settings of the selected alert. The name and type cannot be changed.

Table 1-31 lists the Alert Definition page properties.

Table 1-31 Alert Definition Page
Name
Description
Alert Name
Name of the alert. Must be given in order to create an alert
Alert Type
The type of alert to be created. Four types are supported:
  • Call Path: For application monitoring related alerts
  • Service: For service monitoring related alerts
  • System: For system server monitoring related alerts
  • Transaction: For transaction monitoring related alerts
Alert Definition
Defines the items that generate an event. They are alert-type specific.
Application Type:
  • Elapse time. The time elapsed since this request monitored. The event will be generated once the time threshold is reached. The unit is second.
  • IPC Queue Length. The request IPC queue length on the call path tree of this monitored request. It is an integer threshold and events will be generated if any request queue length exceeds the defined value.
  • Execution Error. It is a boolean threshold that events will be generated when Tuxedo service execution encounters error
Service Type
  • Execution time. The elapsed execution time for a service. The event will be generated once the time threshold is reached. The unit is second.
  • IPC Queue Length. The request IPC queue length monitored application service. It is an integer threshold and events will be generated if the queue length exceeds the defined value.
  • Execution Error. It is a boolean threshold that events will be generated when Tuxedo service execution encounters error
System Type
  • Network Link Lost. An event will be generated when a network link was lost
Transaction Type
  • Transaction Call Failure. A Transaction call failure will result an event generation
Severity
Four security levels can be selected:
  • Information
  • Warn
  • Critical
  • Fatal
Action
The action defines which action need to be performed when the evaluation is true if the alert. Current only Tuxedo Event is supported. When Tuxedo Event is selected, Tuxedo Event Name and Tuxedo Event Message must be supplied.
Description
A description string for this alert

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