Understanding alarms history, Viewing alarm history records – HP XP Performance Advisor Software User Manual
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To view the Alarms History table, click Monitoring+Alarm History in the left pane (see
).
Related Topics
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“Understanding alarms history” (page 131)
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“Alarm History screen” (page 131)
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“Filtering records in Alarms History table” (page 133)
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“Viewing graph of metric value's performance” (page 135)
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“Adding or removing metric values” (page 117)
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“Configuring notification and monitoring settings” (page 119)
Understanding alarms history
For HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor to start monitoring the performance of a component and
generate an alarm, you must configure the required threshold and dispatch settings on the Activate
Alarms screen, and also enable an alarm for that component. For more information on configuring
alarms, see
“Configuring notification and monitoring settings” (page 119)
. After an alarm is
configured, HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor monitors the performance of a component from
the next data collection cycle. A new record is displayed on the Alarm History screen with the time
of posting appearing under Time Posted.
IMPORTANT:
HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor posts the record only if data collection is in
progress for the XP or the P9000 disk array to which the component belongs.
While configuring an alarm, if you set threshold and dispatch settings but do not enable the alarm
for a component, HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor does not monitor that component and generate
an alarm when required.
In every data collection cycle, HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor retrieves and compares the
current performance value of a component with the set threshold value. The time when this value
was retrieved and compared is shown under Time Updated. If the current performance value
exceeds the set threshold value, HP XP P9000 Performance Advisor does the following:
1.
Posts a new record and displays the time of posting under Time Posted
2.
Dispatches an alarm notification of type, P9000 Alarm to the intended recipient
3.
Displays the time of dispatch under Time Dispatched
4.
Monitors the component till its performance value drops below the set threshold value
5.
Updates the time of monitoring under Time Updated
IMPORTANT:
The time shown under Time Updated is in sync with the data collection cycle
frequency.
If the performance value of a component drops below the set threshold value, HP XP P9000
Performance Advisor does the following:
1.
Posts a new record and displays the time of posting under Time Posted
2.
Dispatches an alarm notification of type, P9000 Alarm
Good Information alarm to the
intended recipient
3.
Displays the time of dispatch under Time Dispatched
4.
Monitors the component continuously to verify whether its performance is within or beyond
the set threshold level
Viewing alarm history records
The following are the column headings under which alarms history records are displayed. At a
time, the Alarms History table can display only 100 records:
Managing alarms history
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