What ALERTs are

An BMC AMI Ops Automation ALERT consists of a number of components both textual (visible) and user-specified (machine accessible). BMC AMI OpsA ALERTs are messages that BMC AMI OpsA creates to notify operators of exceptional situations that might require manual intervention and attention.

Related topic

ALERT-Management-Facility

BMC AMI OpsA ALERTs can originate from

  • BMC AMI OpsA Rule Processor
  • BMC AMI OpsA REXX (or CLIST) EXECs
  • IBM NetView address spaces issuing the NAIEXEC ALERT command
  • ALERTs created by other products and alarms. For more information, see the ALRTRCVE=YES parameter in BBPARM member BBISSPxx.   

The way an ALERT looks and functions depends on what you specify when the ALERT is created from any of these sources.

For documentation about how ALERTs are generated from these sources, refer following table:

Where to find more information about ALERTs

To read about

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Creating ALERTs based on various system events with BMC AMI OpsA Rules

Using-Rules-with-BMC-AMI-Ops-Automation contains information about how to create Rules and how to create ALERTs from Rules

Creating ALERTs from BMC AMI OpsA REXX (or CLIST) EXECs

Creating ALERTs from the NetView address space

In addition, BMC AMI OpsA maintains information about the following ALERTs attributes:

  • The date and time ALERTs originated
  • Where the ALERTs originated from
  • The ALERT's priority and color
  • The ALERT's queuing characteristics
  • Target user information
  • Any user-specified data associated with a particular ALERT


 

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