Filling out the Report Alarms dialog

The alarm messages generated by an alarm definition are one type of alert that can be displayed by the Alert Management component. For information about displaying alerts, see Working-with-alerts.

To fill out the Report Alarms dialog

1. Specify the values for the Report Alarms dialog.The following table describes the values you specify for the Report Alarms dialog.

   Note

   The messages and other text can use symbols that are replaced by text when the message is issued. For detailed information on the available symbols, see Symbolic-values.

   Value	Description
   Message destinations	Alarm Management always attempts to send an alarm report to MainView AutoOPERATOR, Alert Management, and to Control-O. Other report destinations are specified by the following: View View specifies that the alarm report is sent to the following destinations: ALARMS view MainView Logger Specify yes if you want the alarm history recorded to the MainView Logger and the alarm report log views (ALHIST and ALHISTR). WTO (Write to Operator) Specifies if messages are sent to the MVS Console via WTO. Repeat No Only the beginning, ending, upgrade, and downgrade alarm reports are displayed, regardless of how long the alarm is active. Yes The start message is repeated each time the alarm is evaluated. Info, Warn, Minor, Major, Critical No The start message is not repeated as long as the alarm stays in the same state. Yes The start message is repeated each time the alarm is evaluated.
   Messages	Start message The start message is used for the initial alarm report, continuations, and any severity changes. For the start message, you may specify the following values: Message ID Message ID for the start message. Message Text Specifies the text of the message issued for the alarm. The message can contain both variables and text. Variables are preceded by an ampersand (&) in the text. End message The end message is used when the Alarm conditions are not satisfied for any severity. For the End Message you must specify: Message ID Message ID for the End message. Message Text Specifies the text of the message issued for the alarm. The message can contain both variables and text. Variables are preceded by an ampersand (&) in the text.
   Hyperlink	Defines the hyperlink path for the Message ID field in the ALARM and ALARMH views. The default hyperlink path is to the view containing the data that generated the alert.
   User values	Defines user-defined values for the alarm report. User values appear in the ALARMS view. You can use these values to filter, summarize, or sort the ALARMS view.
   HelpLink	Identifies your user-written Help topic that opens from the HLP IND hyperlink in the ALARMS, ALHIST, and and ALHISTR views. You will provide a topic and sub topic for your helplink. See Creating Online Help for information on creating your own online Help.
   Console Command (Authorized Users Only)	Defines the MVS Console Command that will be executed when the START type alarm message is generated from this alarm. Make sure that the security resource 'BBM.COMMON.OPERCMD.PA' is defined to your ESM (RACF, CA ACF2, or CA Top Secret) and that you are allowed to access this resource with READ or UPDATE permission.
   AutoOPERATOR	Identifies the User ID, Queue, and PCMD (command) that are sent to MainView AutoOPERATOR. For more information, see MainView AutoOPERATOR. The message can contain both variables and text. Variables are preceded by an ampersand (&) in the text.
   BSM Threshold Component	This field is used as part of a unique identifier in events that are sent to BMC Event Manager, BMC Service Impact Manager, and BMC Discovery for z/OS identifies the target of a specific metric whose threshold was exceeded The default value is the element name that identifies the object for which an alarm is being reported. The element name that identifies an object is known as the key field in a view. The key field is generally the first column on the left in a tabular view or the first field in the top left of a detail view.

   Tip

   If you are editing a message, hyperlink, or PCMD text and you want to return the text to the default text, clear the field and press Enter, and the dialog refreshes with the default text in the blank text fields.

2. After you define the messages and other customized information for the alarm reports for your alarm definition, type Next on the COMMAND line, and press Enter to continue to the next step (Filling-out-the-Alarm-Definition-Make-dialog).