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The alert is deleted.
The total number of alerts displayed in the header row of OpenManage Enterprise is decremented.
Related concepts
View the alert logs on page 89
Related information
Monitoring device alerts on page 89
View archived alerts
At a time, a maximum of 50,000 alerts can be generated and viewed by using OpenManage Enterprise. When 95% of the
50,000 limit (47,500) is reached, OpenManage Enterprise generates an internal message indicating that, when the count
reaches 50,000, OpenManage Enterprise will automatically purge 10% (5000) of the archived alerts. The table lists different
scenarios involving the alert purging.
Table 19. Alert purging
Workflow Description Result
Purge Task Runs after every 30 minutes on the
console.
If the alerts have reached its maximum
capacity (that is, 50,000), check and
generate the purge archives.
Purge Alert Warning Generates an internal purge alert
warning.
If the alerts have exceeded more than
95% (that is, 475000), generates an
internal purge alert to purge 10% of the
alerts .
Purge Alerts Alerts purged from the alert log. If the number of alerts have exceeded
more than 100% then 10% of the old
alerts are purged to return to 90% (that
is 45,000).
Download Purge Alerts Download the purged alerts. Archives of the recent five purged alerts
can be downloaded from the Archive
Alerts. See Download archived alerts on
page 91.
Download archived alerts
Archived alerts are the oldest 10% of the alerts (5000 nos) that are purged when the alerts exceed 50,000 in number. These
oldest 5000 alerts are removed from the table and stored in a .csv file, and then archived. To download the archived alert file:
1. Click Archived Alerts.
In the Archived Alerts dialog box, the last five purged archived alerts are displayed. File size, name, and archived date are
indicated.
2. Select the check box corresponding to the alert file and click Finish.
The .CSV file is downloaded to the location you selected.
NOTE:
Note: To download archived alerts, you must have necessary privileges. See Role-based OpenManage Enterprise
user privileges on page 14.
Alert policies
NOTE:
Some of the alert policies on OpenManage Enterprise versions older than version 3.3.1 would not be implemented
post upgrade. The impacted alert policies would need to be edited and saved to be active again. Refer Alert categories after
EEMI relocation on page 160 for the alerts that have been recategorized.
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