1. Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Administration Guide, Release OS8.8.x
  2. Configuring the Appliance
  3. Configuring Alerts
  4. Adding Alert Actions
  5. Alert Action Types

Alert Action Types

The following table describes the alert action types that are available. BUI action types are listed in a menu in the Alert actions section of the Add action dialog box.

CLI action types are values of the handler property, and can be listed by entering set handler= followed by a tab character.

Table 2-39 Alert Action Types

BUI Action Type CLI Action Type Action Type Description

Send email

Enter values for Send to and Subject

email

Set address and subject.

Sends an email with the specified subject to the specified recipients.

To send to multiple individual recipients, separate email addresses with a comma and a space on one line.

Use the SMTP service to configure how email is sent.

  • BUI - Configuration: Services: SMTP

  • CLI - configuration services smtp

Send SNMP trap

snmp_trap

Sends an SNMP trap that contains alert details.

Use the SNMP service to configure an SNMP trap destination.

  • BUI - Configuration: Services: SNMP

  • CLI - configuration services snmp

Send Syslog Message

syslog

Sends a system message that contains alert details to one or more remote systems.

Use the Syslog service to configure syslog destinations.

  • BUI - Configuration: Services: Syslog

  • CLI - configuration services syslog

For more information about sending syslog messages, see Syslog Configuration.

Resume dataset

Select the dataset from the menu.

resume_dataset

Set dataset.

Resumes an Analytics dataset. Resuming and suspending datasets can be useful for diagnosing intermittent performance issues, and for other cases when keeping a dataset continuously enabled is not desirable.

For more information, see About Analytics Datasets in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Analytics Guide, Release OS8.8.x.

Suspend dataset

Select the dataset from the menu.

suspend_dataset

Set dataset.

Suspends an Analytics dataset.

Resume worksheet

Select the worksheet from the menu.

resume_worksheet

Set worksheet.

Resumes an Analytics worksheet. Resuming and suspending worksheets can be useful for the same reasons as resuming and suspending datasets. A worksheet might contain numerous datasets.

For more information, see Worksheet Graphs and Plots in Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Analytics Guide, Release OS8.8.x.

Suspend worksheet

Select the worksheet from the menu.

suspend_worksheet

Set worksheet.

Suspends an Analytics worksheet.

Execute workflow

Select the workflow from the menu.

execute_workflow

Set workflow.

Executes the specified workflow. To enable a workflow be eligible as an alert action, the alert action of the workflow must be set to true as described in Using Workflows for Alert Actions.

Note: The executed workflow cannot post an alert. See Creating and Posting Custom Alerts from Within a Workflow.