Alerting

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This section briefly describes all alerts presented in AggreGate Network Manager for monitoring activity of network devices, along with trigger conditions structured by categories.

Alert Name

Triggering Condition

Metric

Notes

Category: Availability

High Response Time

Average response time exceeds the specified threshold.

Availability

Preconfigured for all network device contexts.

High Packet Loss Rate

Packet loss rate exceeds the specified threshold.

Availability

Preconfigured for all network device contexts.

Device Offline

Host is disconnected from the server for a certain time (10 minutes by default).

Availability

Built into AggreGate Server basic distribution package (see Device Offline Built-In Alert).

Service Offline

A specified service is offline

Availability

To create, use Availability group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Category: Network

Network Interface Down (SNMP)

Operational state of a network interface is down.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Network Interfaces group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Network Interface Administrative Shutdown (SNMP)

Desired state of an interface is down.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Network Interfaces group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Network Interface Utilization (SNMP)

Incoming or outgoing bandwidth usage exceeds specified threshold.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Network Interfaces group to create; available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Category: CPU

CPU Activity (WMI)

CPU activity indicator satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation. The available indicators are percentage of time when CPU was: idle, non-idle, in user mode, handling hardware interrupts, using maximum frequency.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, CPU group to create; available for WMI-compliant devices only.

Category: Storage

Storage Space (SNMP)

Percentage of used space on the specified storage volume exceeds the specified threshold.

Performance

The alert can be created using Setup Monitoring Profile action (Storage Volumes group); available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Disk Free Space (WMI)

Percentage of free disk space satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Storage Volumes group to create; available for WMI-compliant devices only.

Memory (WMI)

Memory usage indicator satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.  The following indicators are available: Available Physical Memory (bytes), File System Cache Size (bytes), Number of Cache Faults per Second, Number of Page Faults per Second, Number of Pages Read from Disk to Resolve Hard Page Faults, Number of Pages Written to Disk to Free Physical Memory, Disk Read Operations to Free Physical Memory, Disk Write Operations to Resolve Hard Page Faults.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Storage Volumes group to create; available for WMI-compliant devices only.

Category: Process

High Process CPU Usage (SNMP)

CPU time used by process(es) exceed the specified threshold value.

Performance

The alert can be created using Setup Monitoring Profile action (Processes group); available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

High Process Memory Usage (SNMP)

Memory volume used by process(es) exceed the specified threshold value.

Performance

The alert can be created using Setup Monitoring Profile action (Processes group); available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Process Instance Count (SNMP)

Number of process instances exceed the specified threshold value.

Performance

The alert can be created using Setup Monitoring Profile action (Processes group); available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Process Instance Count (WMI)

Number of a specified process instances satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Processes group to create; available for WMI-compliant devices only.

Process Activity (WMI)

Activity indicator of a specified process satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation. Available indicators are: percentage of CPU time used by the process, amount of physical memory the process uses, or amount of virtual address space the process uses.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Processes group to create; available for WMI-compliant devices only.

Category: Applications/Services

Too Many E-mail Messages (IMAP)

Number of messages (obtained via IMAP) exceeds a specified threshold.

Operability

To create, use E-mail group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

High Messages Size (IMAP)

Total size of messages (obtained via IMAP) exceeds a specified treshold.

Operability

To create, use E-mail group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Too Many E-mail Messages (POP3)

Number of messages (obtained via POP3) exceeds a specified threshold.

Operability

To create, use E-mail group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

High Messages Size (POP3)

Total size of messages (obtained via POP3) exceeds a specified treshold.

Operability

To create, use E-mail group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Incorrect HTTP Reply

HTTP reply code received from a web site differs from a specified one.

Operability

To create, use HTTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

HTTP Reply Content Changed

Content obtained from a web site has changed.

Operability

To create, use HTTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

HTTP Reply Content

HTTP reply obtained from a web site contains a specified string.

Operability

To create, use HTTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

FTP File Size

Size of a file on an FTP server satisfies the condition consisting of a threshold (in bytes) and a comparison operation.

Operability

To create, use FTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

FTP Total Size of Files

Total size of all files monitored via FTP satisfies the condition consisting of a threshold (in bytes) and a comparison operation.

Operability

To create, use FTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

FTP File Changed

Contents of a specified file obtained from an FTP server has changed.

Operability

To create, use FTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

FTP File Is Too Old

File on FTP server was not modified in a specified time period.

Operability

To create, use FTP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

LDAP Request Result

LDAP request result contains a specified string.

Operability

To create, use LDAP group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

SSH Script Result

SSH script output contains a specified string.

Operability

To create, use SSH group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

DNS Request Result

Result of a specified DNS request  equals to (or differs from) a string.

Operability

To create, use DNS group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

TCP/UDP Monitor Result

Result of a specified TCP or UDP request contains a string.

Operability

To create, use Generic TCP and UDP Services group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Host Is Not in Route

A host (specified as IP address or host name) does not appear in the trace results.

Operability

To create, use Path Tracing group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Too High Host Response Time

Response time from a host in the trace results exceeds a threshold (specified in milliseconds)

Operability

To create, use Path Tracing group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Change in Number of Hops

Number of hops in the trace has changed.

Operability

To create, use Path Tracing group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Too Many Hops

Number of hops in the trace exceeds a specified threshold.

Operability

To create, use Path Tracing group in Setup Monitoring Profile action.

Category: VMware

Virtual Machine State

Virtual machine state satisfies the condition consisting of a VM state (Powered On, Powered Off, or Suspended) and comparison operation.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Virtual Machine CPU Load

Virtual machine's CPU utilization percentage satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Virtual Machine Absolute Memory Utilization

Virtual machine's memory utilization volume satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Virtual Machine Relative Memory Utilization

Virtual machine's memory utilization percentage satisfies a condition consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Virtual Machine HDD Read Rate

Virtual machine disk read rate satisfies a condition specified in the alert parameters and consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Virtual Machine HDD Write Rate

Virtual machine disk write rate satisfies a condition specified in the alert parameters and consisting of a threshold and comparison operation.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, VMware group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Category: Printer

Printer State (SNMP)

 

Printer status either equals to, or differs from the selected value.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Printer group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Printer Marker (SNMP)

Marker supply level of a particular marker type is reduced below specified threshold.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Printer group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Printer Cover (SNMP)

Any printer cover has a certain state.

Availability

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Printer group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Category: Apache

Apache Requests Overload (SNMP)

Requests Per Second metric of Apache web server exceeds the specified threshold.

 

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Apache group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Apache Traffic Overload (SNMP)

Number of kilobytes per second transferred metric of Apache web server exceeds the specified threshold.

 

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Apache group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Apache Busy Workers (SNMP)

Total number of busy processes metric of Apache web server exceeds the specified threshold.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Apache group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Apache HTTP Error (SNMP)

A new HTTP error of the specified type is generated by  Apache web server.

Performance

Use Setup Monitoring Profile action, Apache group to create.

Available for SNMP-compliant devices only.

Category: Events

Syslog

A syslog message received that satisfies one of preconfigured alert conditions.

-

Preconfigured by AggreGate Network Manager plugin.

SNMP Trap

An SNMP trap received that satisfies one of preconfigured alert conditions.

-

Preconfigured by AggreGate Network Manager plugin.

Custom alerts can be created to simplify your specific network management tasks. Refer to the Alerts chapter, and pay particular attention to the examples therein.