Dell PowerVault DP600 - Manual (Page 26)

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Monitoring with DPM Administrator Console
To use DPM Administrator Console, you must be logged on to a DPM server with an account that
has Administrator rights on that server.
This section explains each of the following task areas of DPM Administrator Console and
describes the information that each provides:
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Monitoring task area
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Protection task area
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Management task area
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Note
You do not need to monitor each task area in DPM Administrator Console. For more
information, see Establishing a Monitoring Schedule .
Monitoring Task Area
The Monitoring task area contains two tabs: Jobs and Alerts.
For monitoring purposes, the Alerts tab provides the more critical information. You should check
the Alerts tab daily to provide timely resolution of issues that might be preventing successful
protection of data.
Monitoring Task Area: Alerts
What do you look for on the Alerts tab?
• Current problems (critical alerts)
• Potential problems (warning alerts)
• Important activity (informational alerts)
• Recommended actions
The Alerts tab displays errors, warnings, and informational messages. You can group alerts by
protection group, computer, or severity. You can also choose to display active alerts exclusively
or to display both active alerts and inactive alerts (alerts that have been resolved). You can also
subscribe to notifications to receive alerts sent by e-mail.
DPM ensures that the Alerts tab reflects the set of issues that are currently active in the system.
When the issue that generated an alert is corrected, the alert becomes inactive. In fact, many
issues reported as alerts never require your intervention at all, either because they reflect
temporary conditions or because they are self-correcting. For example, an alert that indicates that
the DPM server is unable to contact a protected computer might result from a transient network
issue; the subsequent attempt might be successful. In some cases, DPM automatically
designates an informational alert as inactive after a predefined period of time. A "Recovery
collection completed successfully" alert, for example, becomes inactive three days after the
recovery is completed.
DPM enables you to mark alerts as inactive. Marking alerts as inactive can be done for a variety
of reasons, such as when the alert is no longer meaningful or if you do not plan to resolve the