1.2.7.5.1 Unread Alerts Tab

"Unread" alerts are most important for administrators because they represent events that they may not be aware of. The Unread Alerts tab contains two sections:

  • Filtering Condition
  • Unread Alert Columns
The following table lists the Alert Query filtering condition options.

Table 1-72 Alert Query Filtering Conditions

Options Description
Contains Select a set of alerts in current page for processing.
Type The monitoring category and system are consistent with policy definition. The following category types are as follows:
  • Any
  • Call Path
  • Service
  • Service Statistics
  • XA Transaction
  • BRIDGE
  • GWTDOMAIN
  • GWWS
  • CICS Transaction
  • CICS Terminals
  • JES Job
  • JES Metrics
  • IMS Transaction
  • IMS Program
  • System

Note:

System represents this is a system-level event generated by Oracle TSAM Plus
Severity Four severity levels are supported:
  • Any
  • Fatal
  • Critical
  • Warn
  • Information
The following table lists the Alert Query columns.

Table 1-73 Alert Query Columns

Column Description
Selection checkbox Select a set of alerts in current page for processing.
Name The alert name which is specified in alert definition.
Type The monitoring category and system are consistent with policy definition. The following category types are as follows:
  • Any
  • Call Path
  • Service
  • Service Statistics
  • XA Transaction
  • BRIDGE
  • GWTDOMAIN
  • GWWS
  • CICS Transaction (Tuxedo Application Runtime only)
  • CICS Terminals (Tuxedo Application Runtime only)
  • IMS Transaction
  • IMS Program
  • JES Job (Tuxedo Application Runtime only)
  • JES Metrics (Tuxedo Application Runtime only)
  • System

Note:

System represents this is a system-level event generated by Oracle TSAM Plus.
Severity Four severity levels are supported:
  • Any
  • Fatal
  • Critical
  • Warn
  • Information
Cleared Indicates whether the alert has been marked as read.
Clear Time Identifies the time an alert is “cleared.”
Log Time The time an Alert occurs.
Description The reason/cause for the alert. It uses the following format:

"Process [%s:%d] evaluates alert [%s] with true, metrics[key=value,key=value...]"

Click Clear to clear all the selected alerts on current page.

Click Delete to delete all the selected events on current page.

Click Detail, a pop-up window with the following detailed Alert information appears:

  • All information in the alerts summary data grid.
  • The metrics detail and reason string for this alerts.

    Once an alert is cleared as "Unread" status and not deleted, it still can be queried in the historical alert page, but not in the active alert page. The following filter conditions can be set:

    • Alert Type
    • Alert Severity
    • A custom "search" text string
    The search operation finds matched records from all current filtered "unread" alert results, no limited to the "unread" alerts shown on the current page. Matched record means any alert that is matching the specified alert category condition, alert severity condition and having the given "search" text string within any of the following value fields: "Alert Name", "Alert Reason String (Description)".

Click the Reset button to reset filter conditions and list all "unread" alerts.