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30 REST API Guide – OpenManage Essentials | Version 1.0
The attributes associated with the alerts are described in the following table.
Attribute Name
Description
Id
The unique identifier for the alert.
Severity
The enumerated severity of the alert.
Status The status of the alert (for example, to indicate whether the alert is
acknowledged or not).
Time
The date/time for the alert.
Message
The message corresponding to the alert.
EventCategory
The event category for the alert.
EventSource The OME alert source name for the alert.
DeviceIdentifier The device identifier associated with the alert.
DeviceName
The name of the associated device.
SourceName The name of the device associated with the alert when the alert was
received (Note: The device may be deleted since the alert was
received and the DeviceName will most likely be set to ‘Unknown’). If
there was no device associated with the alert at the time the alert
was received, this entry displays 0.0.0.0.
Deletion of the alert is accomplished using the standard HTTP DELETE operation. To acknowledge an
alert, you can perform a PUT operation on the specific alert instance with an updated Status attribute. The
PUT operation on any other attribute will return an error.
The enumerated values for the Severity field are described in the following table.
Attribute Name
Description
Unknown
Unknown
Informational
Informational
Normal
Normal
Warning
Warning
Critical
Critical
2.9 Alert Subscriptions
Alert subscriptions provide an option to register or subscribe for alerts that match a filter. The subscription
mechanism will allow notifications of alerts to external subscribers.