Users Guide

Delete alerts
You can delete an alert to permanently remove that occurrence of the alert from the console.
Select the check box corresponding to the alert, and then click Delete. A message is displayed prompting you to confirm
the deletion process. Click YES to delete the alert. The total number of alerts displayed in the header row of OpenManage
Enterprise is decremented.
View archived alerts
A maximum of 50,000 alerts can be generated and viewed within 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 20. 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.
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:
To download archived alerts, you must have necessary privileges. See Role and scope based access control in
OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
Alert policies
This topic explains the concept of alert policies and how they can be useful. For instructions on creating, editing, enabling,
disabling, and deleting alert policies, see Configuring and managing alert policies.
Alert policies enable you to configure and send specific alerts for specific devices or components to a specific destination such
as email, mobile, syslog server and so on. Alerts help you to monitor and manage devices effectively.
Use alert policies to perform the following functions:
● Automatically trigger actions based on the input from an alert.
● Send an alert to an email address.
● Send an alert to a phone through an SMS or notification.
Monitor and Manage device alerts
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