Events are assigned to watch objects and will trigger your predefined reactions when conditions you define are met. An Event is primarily defined by its event (alert) level: Down, Error, Warning or Information. Other important parameters in an event definition are thresholds and reactions.

Alert Status Color Codes

Green: no alert

Blue: information alert

Yellow: warning alert

Orange: error alert

Red circle white arrow icon: it means down, or not found

Grey with black question mark: it means the node and its parent are down

To Edit, Add or Apply an Event, go to Tools then click on Events.

Events window launches in which you can:

• Search for a specific event by using the Search field at the bottom of the screen.
  
  
  
  Type a keyword in the search box and then click to find the events you're looking for, or click to launch all defined events.
• Customize Event Window columns by clicking on the Search arrow at the bottom of the Events screen
  
  
  
  Or by mouse over the column then clicking on the arrow beside any of the column at the top of the Events screen then choose columns. By default all columns are shown, you can uncheck any columns you don't want to see or check any columns you want to see in your Events page. You can also sort any column in Ascending or Descending order.
  
  
  
  
• Edit Any Event by clicking on the Edit icon . Event Edit Window Opens:
  
  
  
  

  Each event has the following characteristics:

  Event Name
  This name appears in drop lists when defining the events for a particular watch object.
  
  Type
  Specify whether the event is a Monitor or a Servicce.
  
  Operator
  The mathematical operator used to compare the retrieved value and the threshold
  (>, =,
  Threshold
  Thresholds have different units, depending on the monitoring test performed. For example, Nodes measures response time in seconds, while a Systems file test measure the size of the file in MB.
  
  Duration
  How many seconds the broken threshold state must persist before reactions are triggered.
  
  Reaction #1 and Reaction #2
  
  You can have upto 2 reactions per event. Reactions types are E-mail, custom, SNMP trap, and restart.
  
  Alert message
  This message is shown on the Active Alerts page, and is separate from Reaction E-mail or other messages. The Alert Message field contains the data you specify. Select a variable from the drop list, and then click the Add button. Repeat for each variable you desire to include in the message.
  
  Event Description
  Optional text you enter to describe the event.
  
  Severity
  Specify the level of the alert (Down, Error, Warning, Information).
  
  Severity
  Specify the level of the alert (Down, Error, Warning, Information).
  
  Default For
  Select the monitor or Service for which you need to apply this event as default event. This can be overwritten at the monitor edit form.
  
  

• Delete an Event by clicking on the delete icon
• You can apply a certain event to multiple metrics or services at once by clicking the apply icon . Event Apply Window Opens:
  
  
  
  
  • Select the type of monitor or service where the event will be applied.
  • Select the object (moust left click + ctr to select multiple metrics or groups).
  • You can search for a specific object by using the filter box at the bottom of the form.
  • Select the Event Category. It can be Down, Error, Warning, or Informtion Event.
  • Select the profile when the events can be triggered. You can modify list of profiles by going to Setup menu then Profiles and Outages then Monitoring Windows Profiles.
  • Click on Apply to save your settings.
• You can add new event by clicking on the Add New Event button at the bottom of the screen. Event Form Window Opens.