40.10 Managing Metrics and Incident Notifications for Zones

You can perform the following tasks to manage monitoring and incident notification:

• Viewing Zone Metric Collection Errors

• Editing a Zone's Monitoring Configuration

• Suspending Monitoring Notifications for Zones

• Suspending Zone Monitoring for Maintenance

• Ending a Monitoring Brownout or Blackout for Zones

40.10.1 Viewing Zone Metric Collection Errors

Metric collection errors are usually caused by installation or configuration issues. You can view errors for a virtual server or for the virtualization platform.

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server or Virtualization Platform in the upper left corner of the page. Click Monitoring, then click Metric Collection Errors.

40.10.2 Editing Metric and Collection Settings for Zones

The Metrics tab contains displays all of the monitored attributes. The default view is metrics with thresholds. For these types of monitored attributes, you can modify the comparison operator, the threshold limits, the corrective action, and the collection schedule.

To edit the metrics and settings for a zone, navigate to the Virtual Server. To edit the settings for a virtualization platform, navigate to the Virtualization Platform. The parameters are different for each.

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server in the upper left corner of the page. Click Monitoring, then click Metric and Collection Settings.
4. Modify threshold limits or collection schedule. When a threshold field is empty, the alert is disabled for that metric.
5. Click the Edit icon for advanced settings.

   Click the Other Collected Items tab to view non-threshold monitored attributes. You can modify the collection period for these attributes, or disable monitoring.

40.10.3 Editing a Zone's Monitoring Configuration

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server or Virtualization Platform in the upper left corner of the page. Click Target Setup.
4. Click Monitoring Configuration.

40.10.4 Suspending Monitoring Notifications for Zones

Brownouts enable you to temporarily suppress notifications on a target. The Agent continues to monitor the target under brownout. You can view the actual target status along with an indication that the target is currently under brownout.

You can create a brownout for a virtual server or for the virtualization platform.

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server or Virtualization Platform in the upper left corner of the page. Click Control.
4. Click Create Brownout.
5. Enter a name for the brownout event.
6. Select a reason from the menu and add comments, as needed.
7. Click the options to define how jobs will run and the maintenance window.
8. Click Submit.

40.10.5 Suspending Zone Monitoring for Maintenance

Blackouts enable you to suspend monitoring on one or more targets in order to perform maintenance operations. To place a target under blackout, you must have at least the Blackout Target privilege on the target. If you select a host, then by default all the targets on that host are included in the blackout. Similarly, if you select a target that has members, then by default all the members are included in the blackout.

You can create a blackout for a virtual server or for the virtualization platform.

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server or Virtualization Platform in the upper left corner of the page. Click Control.
4. Click Create Blackout.
5. Select a reason from the menu.
6. Add comments, as needed.
7. Click Submit.

40.10.6 Ending a Monitoring Brownout or Blackout for Zones

You can end a blackout or brownout for a virtual server or for the virtualization platform.

1. Click Systems Infrastructure Virtual Server or Systems Infrastructure Virtualization Platform from the All Targets page.
2. Click the target name to open the home page.
3. Click Virtual Server or Virtualization Platform in the upper left corner of the page. Click Control.
4. Click End Blackout or End Brownout.