Active Alarms screen reference

The Active Alarms screen displays preliminary information about active alarms on a server. The screen displays the active alarms that are associated with the node selected in the Roles pane.

If all the information discussed in the following table does not appear on the screen, the screen was customized to exclude the missing information. To display the missing information, use the Customize option above the screen.

Active Alarms screen fields

Item	Description
Alarm Name	The name of the alarm.
Last Triggered	The date and when the alarm was last raised (triggered). If there are multiple instances of an alarm, the trigger time of the most recent alarm instance displays.
Alarm Summary	A summary of the condition causing the alarm.
Priority	The priority specified for the alarm. The default priority levels are listed here in order of their severity. Major - Address these alarms immediately. If a major alarm is not addressed, the system fails either completely or partially. Warning - Address these alarms in a timely manner. A Warning alarm indicates that the system is functioning, but likely not at an optimum level. Minor - Review these alarms and take action if necessary. Minor alarms often indicate problems that are self-correcting, or that do not have a significant impact on system performance. Information - These alarms provide important status information but do not require any action by the administrator. You can acknowledge these alarms without performing any corrective action. Alarm priorities are specified for individual alarms from the System Monitoring > System Monitor > Alarm Settings screen.
Count	Instance count. Number of occurrences/instances of the alarm that is active.
Last Alarm Instance Details	Summary description of the alarm. This description is the common description for all instances of an alarm and not based on a specific alarm instance. For a detailed, instance-specific description, select the alarm and then click View the alarm, or review the alarm in alarm history.
Component	The system component that triggered the alarm. More than one component can trigger some alarms.
Customize	Use the customize feature to add or remove columns from the Active Alarms screen. To use this feature, select Edit from the Customize drop-down list. See the Customize window online help for usage details.
Refresh Rate	Shows the current setting for refresh rate in minutes. Choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes as the automatic refresh rate. At these times, the RM, or EMA application updates the status of the alarms on the managed server Server that is managed by the Enterprise Manager application.. Default is 1. You can also click the Refresh icon to update alarms immediately, without waiting for the automatic refresh cycle.