Viewing events by device
When Infrastructure Management discovers an issue with a device, the monitor setup for that device activates an event triggered by the specific conditions set up for that device (sometimes also called the Monitored Resource). A monitored resource does not generate an event unless the event conditions are specified in the Event Profile. The Event Profile consists of Event Thresholds (to generate an event) and Event Rules (to send event notifications). The Infrastructure Management administrator sets event profiles. Default settings are also available in Infrastructure Management for automatic configuration.
The All Devices screen, the out-of-box default screen displayed on Event View, displays information about the events that were issued for all devices that Infrastructure Management is monitoring, providing a quick view of the overall health of the system. This screen also displays all the events generated by PATROL Agent and sent to cell through Integration Service.
The counts displayed in the Grid view include intelligent events and the PATROL Agent events that are associated with a device (device-associated events).
From the All Devices screen under Event View, you can view the device hierarchy by clicking Show Hierarchy. You can expand the physical host node to see the virtual computers running in the system.
Hierarchical view is the default view only if there are devices in the system that can be displayed in hierarchy. The number of records for a particular page displayed at the bottom right corner in this view considers only the parent devices and does not consider the child devices under it. You can switch between hierarchical or flat view. If no virtual solution is configured then flat view is the default view.
Columns of event information on the All Devices screen
Column | Description |
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| Provides additional information about the monitor. The supported icons are as follows:
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Device Name | Information about the associated device
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Agent | Displays the total number of active and inactive BMC PATROL Agents and Integration Service attached to the device. A green plugged icon indicates that the agent or integration service is active, and a red unplugged icon indicates that the agent or integration service is inactive. The tooltip of a cell displays the following information:
Clicking the tooltip displays the Agent Status page. For information about the Agent Status page, see Viewing Infrastructure Management and PATROL agent statuses. |
Type | Displays the type of device (for example, server or web server). |
Numbers of events by severity *
The severity is displayed as an icon. | Number of events for each severity |
Events by type *
| Events of each type. Both icon and color represent event severity. When you place your mouse over this column, the numbers of events of each severity is displayed. |
Tools | Additional tools for more information about the event, including options to view graphs, set thresholds, and view diagnostics under Device at a Glance |
* Events are displayed with either number of events or severity icons, depending on user configuration. For more information, see Viewing-abnormalities. | |
—Indicates that the device is marked for delete, and it will be deleted in 7 days' time
—Indicates that the events originating from the device are blacked outRelated topic