Neoview Management Dashboard Client Guide for Database Administrators (R2.3)

alert notifications to occur. The Notify button is located on the OSC property sheet because its
actions are directly related to the Minimum State Change setting.
Notifications can occur:
• At regular intervals during the day such as every 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 … hours
• At specific times such as 7:30, 10:00, 12:45, 15:27 …
• When objects change state
• When new sampling activity occurs
To control the notification rule as well as the content of what is reported, use the Notify control
panel.
For details about how to enable Dashboard to notify you via e-mail, pager, phone, or an internet
browser, see “Notify Control Panel” (page 74).
State Downgrades Monitored Check Box
The State Downgrades Monitored check box controls whether state downgrades are monitored.
When you select this check box and click the Apply button, Dashboard monitors state downgrades.
If you clear this check box, state downgrades are not logged in the OSC log.
State downgrades occur when the state of an object degrades. For example, when an object's
state changes from Up to Down, the state of the object has degraded. When the state of an object
changes from Warning to Critical, its state has degraded.
Typically, state downgrades are always monitored. Users focus on tracking when objects degrade
but are not always concerned with when they improve.
If you want to track state improvements, see “State Upgrades Monitored Check Box” (page 72).
Minimum State Change Monitored List
The Minimum State Change Monitored list specifies the minimum state to be monitored. When
you select a minimum state, you are specifying the minimum state change that Dashboard
monitors.
For example, if you select Warning as the minimum state change monitored, changes into states
less significant than Warning are not logged in the OSC log. In this case, state changes to Up,
Low, Medium, or High alert are not logged in the OSC log.
This setting is also used as the threshold for alert notifications. Thus, choosing a low state value,
such as UP (2), will cause alert notifications to occur for events of little significance.
By default, the minimum state is Warning.
Maximum Change History Retained in Log List
The Maximum Change History Retained in Log list specifies the maximum number of state
changes that the OSC log retains.
When you select the maximum change history, you specify how much history is retained in the
OSC log.
For example, if you select 200 as the maximum, up to 200 of the most recent state changes are
retained in the OSC log.
The OSC log is retained in workstation memory for fast access.
Because detailed statistics are stored in the Dashboard Server, the OSC log is small and uses little
workstation memory.
Late Data Integrity Check List
The Late Data Integrity Check list controls whether late data integrity checking is performed
and, if so, how early or late data can be before it is flagged as a down time.
OSC Property Sheet 73