Specifications

setting up every alert to evaluate on performance data, set the Evaluate on scope
of the alert to match the data the alert analyzes.
Criteria
Alerts use criteria to evaluate data in the results of a search query, which is
defined in the scope of the alert. The evaluation criteria includes the following:
l Base Alert On: The basis of the alert. This is either the Search result count
or the Attributes within the search results.
l Triggers on: The rules based on which an alert is raised.
Search result count
Many alerts have most of the logic built into the query. This means that the alert
only needs to be evaluated based on the set of results returned from the query.
For these types of alerts, select Search result count in the Base Alert On
section of the Criteria tab.
To specify that any results should fire the alarm:
1. In the Triggers On section of the Criteria tab, select Any.
2. Click Save.
To specify that the alert is fired when the number of search results is
outside of a specified range:
1. In the Triggers On grouping of the Criteria tab, select Range.
2. Select the Less Than and Greater Than check boxes, and then define the
range.
3. Click Save.
Because virtual environments are dynamic, you may only want an alert to fire if a
condition for the alert has been met for a sustained period of time. For example,
you may not want an alert to be fired immediately the first time when a single
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