Distributed alarms

The following procedure describes making alarms active with change values.

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Using Alarm Management

To activate distributed alarms

To add an alarm for monitoring, in Target mode, type ALRMDIST on the COMMAND line, and press Enter.The ALRMDST view is displayed, as shown below:
COMMAND ===>
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>
  W1 =ALRMDIST==========S9Q1=====*========01APR2025==12:40:47====MVMQS====U===18=====
+ Distributed Alarms                                 + Show Fixed Section
CMD Alarm          Library    Group      Description
--- Name--------   ---------- ---------- ------------
ADD BBSBFP01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Buffer Pools Usage
     BBSCHI01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: CHINIT and TCP Listener Status
     BBSCHL01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: CHANNELs Status
     BBSCOF01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: CF Sturcture Usage
     BBSDLQ01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: no DLQ or message(s)in the DLQ
     BBSDLQ02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Reply queues with max depth in LQ
     BBSLOG01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Output Log Buffer Utilization
     BBSLOG02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Logging Status and Availability
     BBSMGR00       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Local QMGR Status(Low overhead)
     BBSMGR02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: QMGR and Components Status
     BBSPGS02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: PageSet Free Space
     BBSQGS02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Sharing Group Connection Status
     BBSQST01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: No MQGET and Messages on Queue
     BBSQST02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: No MQGET in a timely manner
     BBSQUE01       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Queue Depth High or Full
     BBSQUE02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Transmission Queues not depleting
     BBSTHD02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Indoubt Threads
     BBSTPL02       BOLTSM4    MVMQS      MVMQS: Topology Exception
Type Add in the CMD field next to the Alarm Name that you want to monitor, and press Enter.
Press F3 until you reach the Selection Menu as shown below:
-------------------------- BMC AMI Ops Selection Menu ------------ ENTER OPTION
OPTION ===>                                               DATE   -- 2020/09/03
                                                            TIME   -- 07:37:32
       0    Parameters and Options                          USERID -- BOLTSM1
       1    Administration                                  MODE   -- ISPF 7.3
       E    Alerts and Alarms
       P    PLEX Management (PLEXMGR)
       U    Utilities, Tools, and Messages
    Solutions for:
       A    Automated Operations
       C    CICS
       D    Db2
       I    IMS
       J    JAVA Environments
       L    Linux and z/VM
       N    Network Management
       O    Cost Optimization
       S    Storage Management
       T    Application Management and Performance Tuning
       W    MQ
       Z    z/OS and USS

       Enter X to Terminate
                    w Copyright 1991-2021 BMC Software, Inc.
On the Selection Menu, select option E-Alerts and AlarmsThe ALARM view is displayed, as shown below:
----------------------------- Alerts and Alarms------------------------------
OPTION ===>                                               DATE   -- YYYY/MM/DD
                                                           TIME   -- 14:22:31
      1 ALERTS       Alert Management                     USERID -- MVSLPW1
      2 ALARMS       Alarm Administration (MVALARM)       MODE   -- ISPF 6.0
      3 ALARMS       Integrated Alarm Administration (PLEXMGR)

      M MESSAGES     Messages and Codes
Select option 3, ALARMS Integrated Alarm Administration (PLEXMGR).The EZALARMS view is displayed, as shown below:
COMMAND ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>
W1 =EZALARMS==========ESAJ=====*========DDMMMYYYY==14:25:30====PLEXMGR==D====1
                            Alarm Management
  Alarm Definition Lists                            Alarm Reports
. By Name                +----------------------+ . Current By Severity
. By Library             |   Place cursor on    | . Current By Name
. By Group               |    menu item and     | . Current by Target
. By Product             |     press ENTER      | . Current by Product
. By Target (Context)    +----------------------+ . Summarized by Severity
. Active Alarms                                   . Alarm Report Log
. Migrated Alarms                                 . Alarm Activity
. Summary by Group

  Modification Log        Status and Performance    Other
. Alarm Modifications    . Alarm Evaluator Status . Alarm Parameters
. Alarm Parm Actions     . Alarm Performance      > MVAlarm 2.1
                                                  > MVAlert
                                                  . Deployment Requests
Select an option from the Alarm Definition Lists, or invoke the AMD view to display the configured alarms, as shown below:
COMMAND ===>
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>
>W1 =AMD===============BLAHTM71=*========04APR2025==10:47:52====PLEXMGR==D===47=================
CMD Alarm            Group    Library Admin     Freq Description                       Product
--- Name--------     Name---- Name---- Status--- /Sec -----------                       --------
ACT BBSDLQ02         MVMQS    BOLTSM2             900 Local Queues Overview             MVMQS
     BBSMGR01         MVMQS    ACTIVE   NoTarg      60 MVMQS: QMGR and Components Status MVMQS
     BEN@MQEGET@2     DEFAULT INACTIVE             60 Detailed Stats Get                MVMQS
     BEN@WFSTATS2     DEFAULT INACTIVE             10 Detailed Stats Workflow           MVMQS
Review the configured alarm and modify as required for your installation and then Activate the alarm by using the ACT line command.

(BMC.AMIOPSMQ.SPE2507)

Distributed alarms

BMC AMI Ops Monitor for MQ 5.6

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