Manage real-time alarms

The real-time alarm page displays real-time alarms in chronological order and refreshes every 10 seconds by default.

Restrictions and guidelines

By default, the system refreshes the real-time alarm page every 10 seconds. Configure an appropriate refresh interval to make sure that operators can acknowledge alarms before the page is refreshed.

Filter real-time alarms

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Click Filter.

4. Configure the filter criteria as described in "Parameters."

5. Click OK.

Ignore a real-time alarm

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Select an alarm and click Ignore.

4. Enter a description and click OK.

Acknowledge real-time alarms

Perform this task to acknowledge the specified alarms. After you acknowledge an alarm, the state of the alarm changes to Acknowledged.

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Select one or more alarms, and then click Acknowledge.

Delete real-time alarms

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Select one or more alarms, and then click Delete.

4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

Export real-time alarms

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Click Export.

Clear real-time alarms

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Click Clear.

4. Select a state, severity, alarm type, start date, and end date.

5. Click OK.

Edit the maintenance experience for an alarm

1. On the top navigation bar, click Alarms.

2. From the navigation pane, select Alarm Management > Real-Time Alarms.

3. Click the alarm content for an alarm.

4. Click Edit Maintenance Experience.

5. Edit the maintenance experience for the alarm.

6. Click OK.

Parameters

• Name: Alarm category name.

• Description: Detailed information and metrics of the alarm.

• Alarm Severity: Select an alarm severity. Options include All, Critical, Major, Minor, and Warning.

• Confirmation State: Select an alarm confirmation state. Options include Acknowledged, and Unacknowledged.

• Alarm Type: Select an alarm type. Options include All, Host Resource Alarm, VM Resource Alarm, Cluster Resource Alarm, Failure Alarm, Security Alarm, Others, Cloud Native Engine Alarm, QAX Alarms, and Distributed Storage Resource Alarm.

• Alarm Content: Content of the alarm.

• Alarm Source: Information about the source device of the alarm.

• From: Select a start time. This parameter is required when you filter alarms.

• To: Select an end time. This parameter is required when you filter alarms.

• Last Occurrence: Last time when the alarm was generated.

• First Occurrence: First time when the alarm was generated.

• Occurrences: Occurrences of the alarm.

• Recommended Action: Remedies for the alarm. The remedies are predefined by the system and cannot be modified. This field displays the same information for the same type of alarms.

• Remarks: Processing experience and solution for the alarm, which is recorded by the operator. This field displays the same information for the same type of alarms.