ASAP 3.0 Client Manual

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improved. When the state of an object changes from Warning to Up, its state has
improved.
For operations management purposes, state upgrades are not always monitored.
Operations management functions are typically concerned with tracking when things
degrade. Downgrades occur when the state of an object has degraded. For example,
when an object's state changes from Up to Down, the state of the object has degraded.
For performance analysis purposes, both state upgrades and downgrades are
sometimes monitored. For example, by monitoring both performance state upgrades
and downgrades, an analyst can determine not only when an object's utilization
increased, but also when it decreased. From a performance perspective, it might be
important to know that a disk such as $DATA, went from the Up state to the High
utilization state at 8:05. It might be equally important to know that $DATA went from
High utilization to the Up state at 8:08.
If you want to track state degradation, see State Downgrades Monitored Check Box.
Notify Button
The Notify button displays the Notify Control Panel. This control panel allows you to
configure ASAP so that it will notify you either at periodic intervals or when certain
conditions occur.
The value of the Minimum State Change drop-down list on the OSC Property sheet
determines the minimum state that is monitored for alert notification purposes. For
example if the minimum state change monitored is Critical then only objects with state
changes to the Critical or Down state will cause alert notifications to occur. The Notify
button is located on the OSC property sheet because its actions are directly related to
the Minimum State Change setting.
Notifications can occur:
At regular intervals during the day such as every 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 … hours
At specific times such as 7:30, 10:00, 12:45, 15:27 …
When objects change state
When new sampling activity occurs
To control notification rule as well as the content of what is reported, use the Notify
control panel.
For details about how to enable ASAP to notify you via e-mail, pager, phone, or an
internet browser, see Notify Control Panel on page 108.