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. |
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
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. |
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
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.
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
Where the alarm has (not) been snoozed:
Select Has been snoozed or Has not been snoozed.
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