Administrator Guide

The Hardware view is displayed.
3. Select the controller to which to assign a threshold definition.
4. Click Set Thresholds.
The Set Threshold Definitions dialog box opens.
5. Select the alert definition to which to assign a threshold definition.
The threshold definitions that appear in the Available Alert Definitions pane depend on the type of alert definition selected.
6. From the Available Alert Definitions pane, select the threshold definition to assign to the alert definition.
If a threshold definition for the selected alert definition does not exist, create a threshold definition by clicking New Threshold
Definition
7. Click Set Thresholds.
The selected threshold definition is assigned to the alert definition.
NOTE: To unassign a threshold definition from the selected alert definition, select the assigned threshold definition
in the Available Alert Definitions pane and click Clear Definition.
8. Click Close.
Assign a Threshold Definition to a Storage Object or Storage Center
Select the storage object and then click the Set Threshold Alert Definitions to assign a threshold definition.
Steps
1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere
Central.
2. To assign a threshold definition to the Storage Center, select Thresholds from the MONITORING menu and skip the next step.
3.
Select the storage object to which to assign a threshold definition from the following views in the
STORAGE menu:
• Volumes – Click the name of the volume to which to assign the threshold definition, and click the Thresholds tab.
• Servers – Click the name of the server to which to assign the threshold definition, and click the Thresholds tab.
• Storage Profiles – Click the Profiles view, click the Storage Profiles tab, select the storage profile to which to assign the
threshold definition, and click the Thresholds tab.
• Disks – Select the disk to which to assign the threshold definition, and click the Thresholds tab.
4. Click Set Thresholds.
The Set Threshold Definitions dialog box opens.
5. In the top pane, select the alert definition to which to assign a threshold definition.
6. In the bottom pane, select the threshold definition to assign to the alert definition.
7. Click Set Thresholds.
The selected threshold definition is assigned to the alert definition.
NOTE:
To unassign a threshold definition from the selected alert definition, select the assigned threshold definition
in the Available Alert Definitions pane and click Clear Definition.
8. Click OK.
Viewing and Deleting Threshold Alerts
The current and historical threshold alerts for the managed Storage Centers are displayed on the Alerts tab.
The alerts are updated when the Storage Report report-gathering tasks are run. By default, IO Usage and Replication report gathering is
performed every 15 minutes and Storage report gathering is performed daily at midnight.
View Current and Historical Threshold Alerts
The Alerts tab displays the threshold alerts that are currently active and the historical threshold alerts that are no longer active.
Steps
1.
If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click
(Home).
The Unisphere Central Home page is displayed.
2. From the
MONITORING menu, click Thresholds.
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