Editing Monitoring Thresholds

You can configure the monitoring variable thresholds and file system thresholds to meet your data center guidelines. You can customize the thresholds by system, or by group. When you create monitoring thresholds for a group, all operating systems in that group have the same thresholds.

When a defined threshold is exceeded, an alert is displayed in the BUI. You can also configure alerts to be sent to an e-mail address.

To Change Thresholds of OS Monitoring Variables

Perform the following procedure to edit the monitoring variables:

1. Select the OS from the Gear section in the Navigation panel.
   The Summary page of the selected OS is displayed with the current values for the monitoring variables.
2. Select the variables for which you want to change the threshold values for Warning and Critical.
   Use the Shift key to select more than one variable.
3. Click the Change Threshold icon.
   The Change OS Monitoring Thresholds window is displayed with the selected variables.
4. Enter the Waning and Critical thresholds values as required.
   For all the variables, the unit of measurement is displayed. The values depend on the number of processors in your system and on the usage characteristics. An error message will be displayed if an incorrect value is entered.
5. Click Change Thresholds to submit the changes.

Ideally, the value of any given monitored OS health attribute is compared to a threshold value. Monitoring variable values are compared against the thresholds at regular intervals. If the value of a monitored OS health attribute rises above the warning threshold, notification is issued with the status of Warning Failure. If the value continues to increase and passes the critical threshold, notification is issued with the status of Critical Failure.

Note – You can set specific threshold values for different operating systems.

To Change Thresholds of Monitoring Variables for an OS Group

Perform the following procedure to edit the monitoring variables for an OS group:

1. Select the OS group from the Gear section in the Navigation panel.
   The Summary page of the selected OS group is displayed.
2. In the Actions panel, select the option Change Monitoring Thresholds.
   The Change OS Monitoring Thresholds for all Members of the Group window is displayed.
3. Edit the threshold variables as required.
   Note – Only the percentage values of the warning and critical thresholds of the monitoring variables can be changed.
4. Click Change Thresholds to set the newly entered values.
   The new value will be set for all the members of the group.

To Change File System Thresholds for an OS Group

Perform the following procedure to change the file system thresholds for an OS group:

1. Select the OS group from the Gear section in the Navigation panel.
   The Summary page of the selected OS group is displayed.
2. In the Actions panel, select the option Change File System Thresholds.
   The Change File System Thresholds for all Members of the Group window is displayed.
3. Edit the threshold values.
   Note – Only the threshold value of common file systems of the group can be changed.
4. Click Change Threshold to set the newly entered values.
   The new value will be set for all the members of the group.