8.2 Manage Events, Alerts, and Incidents

• Events
  An event is a significant occurrence that indicates a potential problem. When a metric threshold value is reached, a metric alert is raised. A metric alert is a type of event. An alert can also be generated for various target availability states.
• Incidents and Alerts
  An incident is a unit containing a single, or closely correlated set of events that identify an issue that needs administrator attention. Although incidents can correspond to a single event, incidents more commonly correspond to groups of related events.
• Alerts on Home Page
  The Oracle GoldenGate Home page displays all the incidents that are generated. An alert is generated when a metric threshhold is reached. The most recent alerts are listed first.
• Metric Data and Alerts
  Metric data refers to the collection of data that changes frequently. You can create alerts on the metric data. Oracle GoldenGate delivers predefined metric types and default collection times for each target type.