Instances pane reference

The Instances pane displays each instance of the active alarm that is selected in the Enterprise Alarms pane.

Click in a column heading to sort the data in that column in ascending Ascending sort icon or descending Descending sort icon order.

Instances pane fields

Field

Description

Maximize/Minimize icon

To maximize the Instances pane, click this icon Maximize icon. To minimize the pane, click this icon Minimize icon.

Server

Displays the user-defined name of the server on which the alarm instance exists. (This name is the name specified in the Server Name field of the System Management > Enterprise > Settings screen for the server.)

If different server names display in this column, the same alarm is triggered on multiple servers.

If the same server name displays repeatedly in this column, the same alarm is triggered multiple times on the server.

This column does not display when the Show Desktop Alarms filter option is selected.

Desktops

Displays the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the desktop system on which the alarm is active.

If different desktop names display in this column, the same alarm is triggered on multiple desktops.

If the same desktop name displays repeatedly in this column, the same alarm is triggered multiple times on the desktop.

This column displays only when the Show Desktop Alarms filter option is selected.

Alarm Name

Displays the Alarm Name as it appears in the user interface.

Note: Each alarm also has an internal alarm name, which is different from the Alarm Name that displays in the user interface. The internal alarm name is used by internal components of the alarm system and appears in log files.

Last Triggered

Lists the date and time at which the alarm instances were raised (or triggered).

The time displays in the local time Time axis in the system that refers to the time on the clock in the location where the operation occurred. zone of the user viewing the Alarms Dashboard.

Alarm Status

The status of an alarm can be either of the following:

Page controls

Use these controls to navigate through multiple pages of active alarm instances:

Page controls user interface

  • The Page box indicates the specific page of alarms that is currently displayed. To go to a specific page, type in a page number and press Enter.

  • To go to the first page of alarms or the last page of alarms, click the double arrow icons.

  • To go to the preceding page of alarms or the following page of alarms, click the single arrow icons.

To the right of the Page box, the Instances pane indicates the specific alarm instances that are displayed.

For example: Displaying instance 1-20 of 30 means that there are 30 total alarm instances and the Instances pane is displaying instances 1 through 20.

View all instances of an active alarm

Viewing all instances of an active alarm

Acknowledging active alarms