Administrator Guide
7. Select the type of usage metric to monitor from the Alert Denition drop-down menu.
8. (Optional) Assign the threshold denition to all of the storage objects that are of the type specied in the Alert Object Type
eld by selecting the All Objects check box. If you select this check box, it cannot be modied after the threshold denition is
created.
9. Specify the alert notication settings for the Error, Warning, and Inform thresholds:
• Error Settings: Enter the threshold value that the usage metric must exceed to trigger an Error threshold alert. To email
Error threshold alerts to the Storage Manager administrators, select the Email check box. Then enter the number of
concurrent events that must occur to trigger an alert email.
• Warning Setting: Enter the threshold value that the usage metric must exceed to trigger a Warning threshold alert. To email
Warning threshold alerts to the Storage Manager administrators, select the Email check box. Then enter the number of
concurrent events that must occur to trigger an alert email.
• Inform Settings: Enter the threshold value that the usage metric must exceed to trigger an Inform threshold alert. To email
Inform threshold alerts to the Storage Manager administrators, select the Email check box. Then enter the number of
concurrent events that must occur to trigger an alert email.
NOTE: Storage Manager can send only one threshold alert email for every 24-hour period. The number of
threshold alert emails per 24-hour period cannot be congured.
10. (Optional) Congure the denition to generate Volume Advisor recommendations to move one or more volumes to a dierent
Storage Center by selecting the Recommend Storage Center check box.
• Recommendations are generated when the error threshold is exceeded.
• This check box is available only for threshold denitions that support Volume Advisor.
11. To specify the time that Storage Manager monitors the threshold denition:
a. Select the Time Constraint check box.
b. Enter the start of the time period in the Start Time eld.
c. Enter the end of the time period in the End Time eld.
12. To specify which days of the week that Storage Manager monitors the threshold denition:
a. Select the Day Constraint check box.
b. Select the check boxes of the days of the week to monitor the threshold denition
c. Clear the check boxes of the days of the week to not monitor the threshold denition.
13. Click OK to create the threshold denition.
• If you selected the All Objects check box, the threshold denition is created and the Create Threshold Denition dialog box
closes.
• If you did not select the All Objects check box, the Add Objects dialog box appears.
14. Select the storage objects to assign to the threshold denition in the Add Objects dialog box. Additional objects can be added
to a threshold denition after it is created.
15. Click Finish.
Related link
Assigning Storage Objects to Threshold Denitions
Conguring Email Notications for Threshold Alerts
Conguring Volume Advisor Movement Recommendations
View an Existing Threshold Denition
Select a threshold denition on the Denitions tab to view assigned objects, current threshold alerts, and historical threshold alerts.
1. Click Threshold Alerts in the view pane to display the Threshold Alerts window.
2. Click the Denitions tab.
3. Select the threshold denition to view. The threshold denition appears in the bottom pane of the Denitions tab.
In addition, the following tabs appear in the bottom pane of the Denitions tab:
• Assigned Objects: Displays the storage objects assigned to the selected threshold denition.
• Current Thresholds: Displays the threshold alerts that are currently active for the selected threshold denition.
• Historical Threshold: Displays recent threshold alerts that are no longer active for the selected threshold denition.
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Storage Center Threshold Alerts