Edit multiple alarms simultaneously

If you want to change the same settings for several different alarms, you can edit multiple alarms simultaneously.

Note the following about editing multiple alarms simultaneously:

Optionally, you can select specific alarms, or you can select all the alarms on one page of the Configure Alarms screen.
You can edit only those settings that are common to all the alarms selected for editing. If all the alarms you selected have identical settings, all alarm settings are available for editing.
You cannot edit settings that are not common to all alarms selected for editing. For example, if two of the selected alarms have unique settings that other selected alarms do not have, you cannot edit those settings for any alarms.
If you change a setting, the new setting applies to every alarm you selected for editing.

Example Procedure for Editing Multiple Alarms

This procedure describes how to select multiple alarms for editing, and describes how the Edit Alarms screen displays configuration settings for multiple alarms.

Click System Monitoring > System Monitor > Alarm Settings.
In the Installations tree (left pane), select the node of the Installations tree from which you want to edit multiple alarms (Enterprise, Site Group, Site, or Server).
In the pane on the right side, do one of the following:
- Press and hold the Ctrl key while you select the specific alarms you want to edit, and then click Edit.
- To edit all the alarms on the currently displayed page, click the Select All button, and then click Edit.
The Edit Alarms screen displays.

When simultaneously editing multiple alarms, note the following about the Edit Alarms screen:
- Only the alarm settings that are common to all the alarms that you selected in step 3 display and are available for editing.
- If the alarms you selected currently have different values configured for this field, an asterisk (*) appears as a value for a field
  
  If you replace an asterisk with a specific value, all the alarms you have selected will have the same value for the field.
- If a specific value appears for a field (and not an asterisk), all the alarms you selected currently have this same value specified for the field.
  
  A few of the alarms include an Alarm when threshold is above/below and an Acknowledge alarm when threshold is above/below field. These fields do not appear on the Edit Alarms screen when you select multiple alarms to configure. To change one of these fields, you must configure the alarm individually.
Change the values on the Edit Alarms screen as needed. Only the values that you change on the Edit Alarms screen are applied to every alarm you selected in step 3.
Click the Save, Save and Apply to Children, or a Revert option as appropriate.