Displaying and evaluating alarm performance

To display the alarm performance

1. In the Status and Performance area of the EZALARMS menu, select Alarm Performance, and press Enter to open the Alarm Performance view.

   >ddmmmyyyy  hh:mm:ss ------ BMC AMI Ops WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ----------------
   COMMAND  ===>                                                 SCROLL ===> PAGE
   CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                            
   >W1 =AEPERF============CXTSTW===*========ddmmmyyyy==hh:mm:ss====PLEXMGR==D====1
   AlarmSet Product  Context  % CPU AvgCpu AvgElap #of   Total  Total  System   S
   Id------ Name---- Name---- Util   /Eval   /Eval Evals CpuTm  ElapTm Name---- N
   @0001    PLEXMGR  CXTSTW   0.004 0.0022  0.0040   850   1.83   3.43 CXTSTW   X
   @0006    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.008 0.0041  0.0089    19   0.08   0.17 CXTSTW   X
   @0008    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.607 0.0918  0.1521    68   6.24  10.34 CXTSTW   X
   @0009    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.083 0.0475  0.0821    18   0.86   1.48 CXTSTW   X
   @0011    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.172 0.0928  0.1831    19   1.76   3.48 CXTSTW   X
   @0012    CMF      CXTSTW   4.762 0.7077  1.4267    69  48.83  98.44 CXTSTW   X
   @0015    CMF      CXTSTW   0.292 0.0432  0.0817    69   2.98   5.63 CXTSTW   X
   @0016    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.116 0.0658  0.1271    18   1.18   2.29 CXTSTW   X
   @0020    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.009 0.0049  0.0125    18   0.09   0.23 CXTSTW   X
   @0021    PLEXMGR  CXTSTW   0.219 0.1240  0.5584    18   2.23  10.05 CXTSTW   X
   @0025    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.008 0.0022  0.0069    34   0.08   0.24 CXTSTW   X
   @0026    MVMVS    CXTSTW   0.222 0.1283  0.2058    17   2.18   3.50 CXTSTW   X
   @0027    PLEXMGR  CXTSTW   0.023 0.0131  0.0494    17   0.22   0.84 CXTSTW   X

   Because alarm definitions are executed in evaluation sets, the Alarm Performance view provides performance statistics for the evaluation sets. By default, the Alarm Performance view provides the following information about the alarm set:

   • Alarm Set ID (AlarmSet Id)
   • Product Name
   • Context Name
   • Percentage of CPU Utilization (% CPU Util)
   • Average CPU used per Alarm Set Evaluation (AvgCpu/Eval)
   • Average Elapsed Time for each Alarm Set Evaluation (AvgElap/Ev)
   • Total Number of Times the Alarm Set was Evaluated (#of Evals)
   • Total CPU Consumed for Evaluation the Alarm Set (Total CpuTm)
   • Total Elapsed Time Used Evaluation the Alarm Set (Total ElapTm)
   • System Name
   • Server Name

   If you notice any values that look high or out of line, you can investigate further by examining what alarm definitions are in the alarm set. You can display the alarm definitions in an alarm set by using the hyperlinks in the AlarmSet column.
   
   

2. Place your cursor on the AlarmSet ID of an alarm set, and press Enter to open the Alarm Evaluation Status view showing the alarm definitions in the selected alarm set.

   Alarm Evaluation Status (AESTATUS) view

   >W1 =AESTATUS==========CXTSTW===*========19MAY2005==13:06:54====PLEXMGR==D====5
   CM Alarm    Alarm      Admin                           AlarmEval AlarmSet      
   -- Group--- Definition Status-- Description----------- Frequency Id------ Conte
      CXTSTW   DIAG001    Active   Testing Value One             60 @0001    CXTST
      CXTSTW2  DIAG002    Active   Testing Value Two             60 @0001    CXTST
      CXTSTW3  DIAG003    Active   Testing Value Three           60 @0001    CXTST
      CXTSTW4  DIAG004    Active   Testing Value Four            60 @0001    CXTST
3. To display the alarm definitions in the alarm set, put your cursor in the Alarm Group column, and press Enter to open the AMDGRP view to see the alarm definition list view sorted by group with the selected group at the top of the view.