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Spotlight on DB2 6.9.3 - User Guide

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Select the conditions for the alarm log rule

Spotlight Basics describes how Spotlight applications work. It contains these sections:

Section

Description

Spotlight Connections

Create / Modify / Delete connections to systems, and monitor those systems.

Monitor Spotlight Connections Monitor connections, detect alarms, investigate the cause of alarms.
Alarms

Alarms are the warnings that Spotlight raises when a metric falls outside its "normal" range of values.

Charts, Grids and Home Page Components Spotlight displays provide detailed statistics of the monitored system, relevant to diagnosing the cause of alarms. Make the best use of them.
View | Options Customize Spotlight.
Troubleshooting Solve problems using Spotlight.

 

Where the action is...

Define appropriate actions.

How to open this dialog

From the Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog or the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Where the action is...
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Where the action is any of the following:

Select all appropriate actions.

Value

Description

Alarm raised

When the severity of a metric rises above normal.

Alarm upgraded

When the severity of a metric increases.

Alarm downgraded

When the severity of a metric decreases.

Alarm canceled

When the severity of a metric returns to normal.

Alarm snoozed / unsnoozed

If you choose to ignore (snooze) a triggered alarm for a specified period of time, the Spotlight Alarm Log records both when the alarm is snoozed, and when it is unsnoozed. Ignore (Snooze) Alarms

Information message logged

When Spotlight logs an information message.

Warning message logged

When Spotlight logs a warning message. Warning messages are more urgent than information messages.

Error message logged

When Spotlight logs an error message. Error messages are more urgent than information messages or warning messages.

Log opened

When Spotlight opens the Alarm Log.

Log closed

When Spotlight closes the Alarm Log.

 

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Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes

Use to ignore transient alarms.

Some Spotlight alarms may last only a few seconds or minutes, and are not significant for the system under investigation. When these transient alarms occur frequently, they can even be counter-productive: they fill the Alarm Log with useless data; and they can obscure other alarms that are more important.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes...
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Where the alarm has (not) been active in the last n minutes:

In the minutes box, enter or select the amount of time that Spotlight will use as a threshold value.

 

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Where the alarm has (not) been snoozed

Request Spotlight display only ignored alarms or those that are not being ignored.

How to open this dialog

From the Custom Filter Rules - Alarm Log Filter Dialog or the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Where the alarm has (not) been snoozed
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Where the alarm has (not) been snoozed:

Select Has been snoozed or Has not been snoozed.

Ignore (Snooze) Alarms

 

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