Enable an alarm

You can enable (activate) an individual alarm or make the alarm unavailable (deactivate the alarm).

If you enable an alarm, the alarm is triggered whenever the error condition associated with the alarm exists on any managed server Server that is managed by the Enterprise Manager application..

If you make an alarm unavailable, the alarm is never triggered.

Procedure 

  1. Choose System Monitoring > System Monitor > Alarm Settings.

  2. In the Installations tree (left pane), select the Installations tree node (Enterprise, Site Group, Site, or Server) from which you want to enable the alarm or make the alarm unavailable.

  3. In the Configure Alarms screen, select the alarm(s) you want to enable or make unavailable:

    • To select a single alarm, click that alarm.

    • To select multiple alarms, do one of the following:

      • Hold down the Ctrl key and click multiple alarms.

      • Click Select All to select all alarms on the currently displayed page of alarms. (Alarms not visible on the currently displayed page are not selected.)

  4. Click Edit.

  5. To enable an alarm, select the Enabled check box.

    To make the alarm unavailable, clear the check box.

  6. Click the Save, Save and Apply to Children, or a Revert option as appropriate.

Configure Alarm screen reference

Edit multiple alarms simultaneously

Installation tree hierarchy and alarm configuration

Save, Save and Apply to Children, Revert to Parent, and Revert Buttons

Configuring alarm filters

Configuring individual alarm settings