View and Manage Alerts

You can view and manage alerts.

Details for an Alert

Oracle Data Safe provides information about each alert on the Alert Information tab. You can navigate to alert details from the Alerts dashboard page.

The following details are provided for each alert:

  • Alert name (instance of the alert )
  • Target database to which the alert applies
  • Alert severity (Critical, High, or Medium)
  • Alert status - Whether the alert is open or closed
  • Alert type - Currently all alert types are AUDITING
  • Policy that generated the alert
  • User operation that generated the alert
  • Operation status This value can be SUCCEEDED or FAILED
  • When the alert was created and updated
  • Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) for the alert
  • Compartment in which the alert resides
  • Operation details - For example, database user

Search For and View an Alert

To quickly find an alert, use the filter options on the Alerts page. You can filter by compartment, time period, and/or target database.

  1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Alerts.
  2. Use both the Search and Filter bar and the Add filters button to filter the information as desired.
  3. If you know the alert's severity, on the Alerts Summary tab, click the alert severity level (Critical, High, Medium, or All Alerts).
    The list of alerts is displayed.
  4. If you know the target database for the alert, click the Targets Summary tab, and then click a target database name.
    The list of alerts is displayed.
  5. Scroll down to the table of alerts and locate the alert for which you want to view details.
  6. On the same line as the alert, view the alert status, alert severity, the target database to which the alert belongs, and when the alert was created.
  7. Click the alert name to view more detail.
    A page is displayed with alert information and operation (audit) details.

Open or Close an Alert

You can change the status of an alert to open or closed. Setting the status helps to keep your alerts organized.

  1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Alerts.
  2. Filter the alerts as needed.
  3. On the Alerts Summary tab, click an alert severity link (Critical, High, Medium, or All Alerts). Or, click the Targets Summary tab, and then click a target database name.
  4. Under the Actions menu and Filter alerts, locate the Alert Status filter. For Value, select OPEN or CLOSED, or remove the filter.
  5. Scroll down to the alert list.
  6. To close or re-open one or more alerts on a page, do the following:
    1. Select the check boxes for the alerts on the page.
    2. From the Actions menu, select Close alerts or Open alerts.
    3. In the dialog box, click Close or Open depending on the action you are performing to verify that you want to close or re-open all alerts.
  7. To close or re-open all filtered alerts, do the following:
    1. Select the check in the first column header.
    2. From the Actions menu, select Close alerts or Open alerts.
    3. In the dialog box, click Close or Open depending on the action you are performing to verify that you want to close or re-open all alerts.

      Note:

      There is a limit of closing or opening 1000 alerts at a time. If you have selected more than 1000 alerts, in the dialog box select to act on the first 1000 of the currently filtered alerts. You will have to repeat this step if you wish to close or open more alerts.
  8. To first view details for an alert, and then close or re-open it, do the following:
    1. Click the alert's name.
    2. On the alert details page, click Close or Re-Open.

Move an Alert

You can move an alert to a different compartment.

  1. Under Data Safe - Database Security, select Alerts.
  2. Filter the alerts as needed.
  3. On the Alerts Summary tab, click an alert severity link (Critical, High, Medium, or All Alerts). Or, click the Targets Summary tab, and then click a target database name.
  4. Scroll down and click the name of the alert that you want to move.
    The Alert Details page is displayed.
  5. Click Move resource.
  6. Select a different compartment, and then click Move resource.
    The alert is moved immediately to the new compartment.