To Notify Users When a Host or Agent Is Down

By default, the Sun Management Center software checks whether a host or agent is not responding. However, no default action is defined in response to these conditions.

1. Select the managed object on which you want this action performed.

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   Tip –

   To apply this action to all children of a managed object, select the parent managed object. For example, to apply the action to all objects within a particular subnet, select the subnet.

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2. Press mouse button 3 and select Alarm Action from the pop-up menu.

   The Alarm Action window appears.

3. To define an action for host not responding, click the Actions button next to Host Not Responding.

   The Action Selection window appears. To select or define an action, see To Select an Action.

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   Tip –

   The Actions buttons are at the right side of the window. If you have made your window smaller than expected, you might need to scroll to the right or enlarge the window to access the button.

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4. To define an action for agent not responding, click the Actions button next to Agent Not Responding.

   The Action Selection window appears. To select or define an action, see To Select an Action.

5. (Optional) If the current managed object is the child of an object for which an alarm action has been defined, choose whether to include group actions.

   By default, host not responding and agent not responding actions apply to all children. You can choose that a particular child should not share the group action. Click the appropriate checkbox to disable the inherited action.

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   Note –

   The Include Group Actions section of the Alarm Action window appears only for applicable child managed objects.

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6. (Optional) To set the alarm action to apply only during certain times (for example, during business hours only), click the Scheduler button.

   1. To run the alarm action starting on a day other than today, provide a date in the Start Date field.

      You can edit the information in the Start Date field manually, or you can click on a date in the calendar to select the date.

   2. Select an hour and minute from the pop-up menus next to Start Time.

      Hours are based on a 24–hour clock. So, 16:00 is the same as 4:00 PM.

   3. Select an hour and minute from the first pop-up menus next to End Time.

   4. To allow this alarm action to occur more than once, choose how often it can occur from the Repeat Interval pop-up menu.

      For example, to permit an alarm action to occur only on weekdays, select Mon-through-Fri.

   5. (Optional) To limit how long the alarm action can be repeated, type a number in the Repeat Limit field.

      For example, to run this alarm action for a month, type 4 in the Repeat Limit field when the word next to the field says “Weeks.” The word next to the Repeat Limit field depends on your Repeat Interval choice.

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      Note –

      The alarm action is available indefinitely if you do both of the following:

      • You select a Repeat Interval other than One Time.

      • You do not provide a value in the Repeat Limit field.

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   6. Click OK to set this schedule, or click Cancel to exit from the Scheduler window.

7. To complete the alarm action definition and exit from the Alarm Action window, click the OK button.