Alarm definitions

Alarm definitions consist of the following values:

  • threshold, persistence, and filter criteria
  • view, product, and contexts for which the criteria are established
  • message IDs and message text
  • monitoring frequency and time periods
  • hyperlinks to views, extended help, and data passed to MainView AutoOPERATOR

Threshold conditions are derived from thresholds in the MainView for z/OS product. Alarm definitions are stored in a zFS file that is allocated by the CAS. This file is read by MainView Alarm Manager at CAS initialization and whenever administrative functions are performed.

Threshold conditions are defined as one of five priority levels:

  • informational
  • warning
  • minor
  • major
  • critical

MainView for z/OS ships distributed alarm definitions in BBACTDEF member BBDTDA. The ALRMDIST view, as shown in following Figure, lists the distributed alarm definitions, which can be installed by either typing ADD on the COMMAND line or using an ADD line command.

Note

ALRMDIST writes the alarm definition directly to the MainView for UNIX System Services file system. Your PAS must have an OMVS segment and must be authorized to write to the directory specified for alarm definitions in the CAS.

Using ALRMDIST to see a list of distributed alarm definitions

DDMMMYYYY  HH:MM:SS -------- MAINVIEW WINDOW INTERFACE (Vv.r.mm) ---------------
COMMAND  ===>                                                    SCROLL ===> CSR
CURR WIN ===> 1        ALT WIN ===>                                                                                                
>W1 =ALRMDIST==========SJSCDAVM=*=========DDMMMYYYY==HH:MM:SS====MVMVS====D==13
- Distributed Alarms                                 - Hide Fixed Section      
                       Replace NO                                              
                                                                              
CMD Alarm            Library          Group            Description             
--- Name--------     ------------     ------------     ------------            
    BBDCF000         BMC              MVMVS            CF CPU utilization excep
    BBDCF001         BMC              MVMVS            CF storage utilization e
    BBDCF002         BMC              MVMVS            CF structure storage exc
    BBDCPU00         BMC              MVMVS            High CPU utilization    
    BBDCSA00         BMC              MVMVS            CSA Max threshold except
    BBDCSA01         BMC              MVMVS            CSA allocated by termina
    BBDDEV00         BMC              MVMVS            DASD slow down          
    BBDDEV01         BMC              MVMVS            Device response time exc
    BBDJES00         BMC              MVMVS            Required jobs not runnin
    BBDJOB00         BMC              MVMVS            Delayed due to resource
    BBDJOB01         BMC              MVMVS            Job CPU exceptions      
    BBDRSV00         BMC              MVMVS            DASD RESERVE exceptions
    BBDWLM00         BMC              MVMVS            Jobs are not meeting PI

Related topic

MainView-Alarm-Management

 

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