HP StorageWorks Reference Information Storage System V1.1 Administrator Guide (February 2005)

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Chapter 2: Platform Control Center Alerts folder
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Creating custom alert summary reports
1. Choose custom Report Type under Custom Report Options .
2. Choose report options:
– Report Period : Choose predefined period ( Last 24 Hours , Today , Yesterday ,
This Week , Last 7 Days , Last Week , This Month , Last Month , This Year , Last
Year
); or choose * CUSTOM REPORT PERIOD * , and specify custom
report start and end dates.
– Limit To Hostgroup : Choose host group to report on, or ** ALL
HOSTGROUPS **
.
– Limit To Host : Choose host to report on, or ** ALL HOSTS ** .
– Alert Types : Choose to report on host alerts, service alerts, or both.
– State Types : Choose to report on alerts about HARD , SOFT , or both
status conditions. See
Hard and soft status conditions , on page 2-15.
– Host States : Choose host status values to report on: UP , DOWN ,
UNREACHABLE , problem status values ( DOWN , UNREACHABLE ), or all
host status values.
– Service States : Choose service status values to report on: OK , WARNING ,
UNKNOWN , CRITICAL , problem status values ( WARNING , CRITICAL ), or
all service status values.
Table 2-86: Custom alert summary report types
Custom report type Information reported
Most Recent Alerts The 25 most recent alerts, with such details as alert
time and alert message.
Alert Totals Summary information about number of alerts for
each host and service status value.
Alert Totals By Hostgroup Same as Alert Totals, but totals for each host group.
Alert Totals By Host Same as Alert Totals, but totals for each host.
Alert Totals By Service Same as Alert Totals, but totals for each service.
Top Alert Producers The 25 hosts and/or services producing the most
alerts, ranked by number of alerts produced.