ASAP 2.8 Server Manual

Using Discrete Object Thresholds (DOTs)
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4-8
Status Change Events
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To turn on the corresponding up event (event 4001) when the domain or objective
recovers, place the SET ObjectivesEventUp ON command in your
ASAPCONF file.
ASAP generates down events for a domain whenever the state for an attribute
configured to generate events is greater than or equal to the state specified in the SET
ObjectivesEventState command. The default is CRITICAL, meaning that ASAP
generates an EMS event when attribute states are critical or down. To generate events
for warnings or lesser alert conditions, include the SET ObjectivesEventState
command in your ASAPCONF file.
ASAP also lets you control the number of events written per domain. The SET
ObjectivesEventMax value determines how many events ASAP writes per interval
for a domain. The default is one, meaning ASAP writes one EMS event per domain
describing the first attribute configured for events whose state is greater than or equal
to the ObjectivesEventState. Any other attributes configured for events with states of
equal or higher values are not alerted via EMS events. To have more than one event
per domain per interval, place the SET ObjectivesEventMax command in your
ASAPCONF file.
Other settings control whether events are displayed on the operator console. For more
information, see SET Command on page 6-87.
To turn on down and up events for warnings and higher alerts, allowing two events per
domain per interval, put these event commands in your ASAPCONF file:
SET ObjectivesEvent ON
SET ObjectivesEventUp ON
SET ObjectivesEventMax 2
SET ObjectivesEventState Warning
To create an informative EMS event when process $Abc is not executing in CPU 1:
RANK PROCESS $ABC, CPU = 1 INFO
Status Change Events
ASAP DOTs automatically generates EMS events for Status changes in ASAP system
entities when events are turned on. It uses the operational state—the associated state
for the Status attribute—to determine whether to write an event. The operational state
(OpState) is compared against the value defined in ObjectivesEventState. If OpState is
greater than or equal to that value, an event is generated.
You cannot set objectives against the Status attribute. The operational status of a
domain is always determined by the ASAP component that monitors the domain, and
the associated operational state is set directly by ASAP. For example, if a monitored
process fails, ASAP sets the Status to Down and sets OpState to 8 (the down state.)
You cannot enter an objective to control that behavior.