Administrator Guide

Send Storage Center Alerts and Indications to the Data Collector Immediately
By default, the Data Collector retrieves alerts and indications from a Storage Center at a regular interval. However, if you want alerts
and indications to appear in
Storage Manager immediately when they are triggered, congure a Storage Center to send them to the
Data Collector.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select the Storage Center that you want to congure to send alerts and indications to the Data Collector.
3. In the Summary tab, click Edit Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Alerts and Logs tab.
5. Select the Send Alerts to Data Collector check box.
6. Click OK.
Events
Events are messages that have been generated by an event in Storage Manager.
You can view events on the Events tab or congure Storage Manager to email you when events occur.
Storage Manager Event Types
Storage Manager events are categorized by functionality and area.
The following table lists the types of Storage Manager events.
Event Name
Description
Automated Report Generation
Errors
An error occurred when generating or storing an automated report
Data Collector Exception An exception occurred on the Data Collector
Database Errors Errors interacting with the database
Failed to Startup The Data Collector service failed to start
FluidFS Cluster Down The Data Collector cannot communicate with the FluidFS cluster
FluidFS Errors Errors returned from Dell FluidFS clusters
NAS Server Errors Errors returned by the NAS server
New Automated Report A new automated report is available
NOTE: Enabling a notication for this event attaches the automated report to an email
and send it to administrators.
New Data Collector A new version of the Data Collector is available
Dell SupportAssist Errors Sending information to the Dell SupportAssist server has encountered errors
Port Conicts Required ports are not available
Remote Data Collector Down Data Collector cannot communicate with the remote Data Collector
Replication Validation Errors Automated replication validation found one or more errors
SMI-S Server Errors Errors installing, starting, or running the SMI-S server
Space Recovery Report Report for an automated space recovery run
Storage Center Down A Storage Center is no longer able to communicate with the Data Collector
Threshold Alerts One or more Threshold Alerts has been triggered
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Storage Manager Log Monitoring