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Spotlight on SAP ASE 2.12 - User Guide

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Select the actions to perform

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.

Play a sound

Define the sound to play when the alarm condition is met.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Play a sound
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Play the sound:

  1. Click to browse to the sound file on the computer.

    Tip: Click Preview to play the sound to ensure you have selected the right one. The success (or otherwise) of the action depends on your system setup. Spotlight does not monitor the success of the action. We recommend that you preview it.

  2. Select the desired Play sound option.

    Option

    Description

    Once

    Play once.

    Until the severity of the control ... returns to normal

    Play until the effected Spotlight control no longer registers an alarm.

    Until the connection severity returns to normal

    Play until the Spotlight connection no longer registers an alarm.

    Until the following condition is met.

    Play until the condition is met.

Tip: When an alarm has been triggered and the relevant sound plays continuously, you can mute the sound by clicking . This button is not shown on the toolbar unless a Play sound action is enabled.

 

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Run a program

Define the program (executable file) to run when the alarm condition is met.

Usually that program is one that you have written to perform a particular task. The task may be a simple action, or may be one that depends on a supplied Spotlight parameter – a value or range of values, or the name of a component or connection.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Run a program
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Run program:

  1. Click to browse to the sound file on the computer.

    Tip: Click Preview to play the sound to ensure you have selected the right one.

  2. Select the desired Play sound option.

    Option

    Description

    Program

    Click to browse to the program file on the computer.

    Parameters

    Enter any parameters the program may need to run successfully, or click {} to choose a parameter from the supplied list.
    Test

    Click to test the performance of the selected program.

    Note: The success (or otherwise) of the action depends on your system setup. Spotlight does not monitor the success of the action. We recommend that you test it.

Caution: If the program that runs in response to an alarm is still executing when the alarm fires again, subsequent commands to run the program are ignored until that execution finishes.

 

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Send e-mail to...

Send an email when the alarm condition is met.

How to open this dialog

From the Alarm Actions - Alarm Log Filter Dialog

  1. Click New or Modify.
  2. Select Send e-mail to…
  3. Click to define the action in the Rule description pane.

Send e-mail to:

Option

Description

To

Enter the recipient email address.

Subject

Supply a subject for the email.

Tip: Click {} to select a parameter from the supplied list. The selected parameter is displayed within a set of braces {}. You can choose multiple parameters if required.

Message

Enter the message to send.

Tip: Click {} to select a parameter from the supplied list. The selected parameter is displayed within a set of braces {}. You can choose multiple parameters if required.

Test

Click to test the performance of your email system.

Note: The success (or otherwise) of the action depends on your system setup. Spotlight does not monitor the success of the action. We recommend that you test it.

Note: For the email message to reach its intended recipient, an appropriate email client must be installed correctly on both source and target machines.

 

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