9.7.3.2 DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY

Purpose

The DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY command displays a list of attributes for the ALERTHISTORY object type.

Syntax

DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY

Usage Notes

The following table lists the attributes for the DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY command.

Table 9-3 DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY Attributes

Attribute	Description
alertAction	Recommended action to perform for this alert.
alertMessage	Brief explanation of the alert.
alertSequenceID	Unique sequence ID for the alert. When an alert changes its state, such as warning to critical or critical to clear, another occurrence of the alert is created with the same sequence number and a time stamp of the transition.
alertShortName	Abbreviated name for the alert. If the alert is based on a metric, then the short name is the same as the corresponding metric name attribute.
alertType	Type of the alert. Values are stateful or stateless. Stateful alerts are automatically cleared on transition to normal. Stateless alerts are never cleared. You can change the alert by setting the examinedBy attribute.
beginTime	Time stamp when an alert changes its state.
endTime	Time stamp for the end of the period when an alert changes its state.
examinedBy	Administrator who reviewed the alert.
failedMail	Intended e-mail recipient when a notification failed.
failedSNMP	Intended SNMP subscriber when a notification failed.
metricObjectName	Object, such as database server disk for which a metric threshold has caused an alert.
metricValue	Value of the metric that caused the alert.
name	Unique identifier for the alert.
notificationState	Number indicating progress in notifying subscribers to alert messages: 0: never tried 1: sent successfully 2: retrying, up to 5 times 3: 5 failed retries
sequenceBeginTime	Time stamp when an alert sequence ID is first created.
severity	Severity level. Values are clear, info, warning, or critical.

Examples

Example 9-39 shows the DESCRIBE command with the ALERTHISTORY object.

Example 9-39 Describing the ALERTHISTORY Object

DBMCLI> DESCRIBE ALERTHISTORY

         name
         alertAction
         alertMessage
         alertSequenceID
         alertShortName
         alertType
         beginTime
         endTime
         examinedBy              modifiable
         failedMail
         failedSNMP
         metricObjectName
         metricValue
         notificationState
         sequenceBeginTime
         severity