SNMP Monitor syslog messages

The SNMP Monitor sends a message each time it detects an SNMP Monitor threshold violation, during every poll cycle. While the alert condition exists, the system sends additional messages, at a rate no faster than once each minute, or at the Poll duration value.

This means that a chronic problem can generate multiple repetitive messages.

BMC Defender uses the threads, alerts, and tickets to reduce the number of messages to a single alert condition and actionable ticket. The BMC Defender alert facility detects the continuous stream of messages, sets the alert, and prevents additional tickets or alerts from being generated while the messages are being sent. This means that a user is notified a single time when a problem is first detected, and not each time a message is received indicating that the problem still persists. 

Because the SNMP Monitor never sends the same message more than once every 60 seconds, BMC Defender is not overburdened by these SNMP Monitor messages. Instead, this provides a clear indication of a chronic or unaddressed problem, and a clear indication when that problem is resolved.