You access the System Operations pages by launching the Monitoring & Report Viewer, and then opening the Monitoring Configuration drawer and selecting System Operations.
The System Operations option contains options that allow the following:
Use this page to configure a specific amount of data to purge from a data repository, and assign a data repository backup location, to manage available disk space. Data is purged daily at 4:00a.m. of the local time zone where the data repository resides.
Note the following database limitations for purging:
•If the database size (not the file size, but the actual database size) is 95% of 80 GB, which is 76 GB, an alarm is sent to the dashboard.
•If the database size is over 80 GB, a purge occurs. After the initial purge, if the database size remains over 80 GB, one additional month of data is purged. For example, if you specify to preserve 5 months of data, but the database size is over 80 GB, a purge occurs. If the database size remains over 80 GB after the purge, an additional month of data is purged which results in 4 months of data preserved. Before the purge, the database is backed up. If the database backup fails for any reason, the purge does not start.
•If the database size is over 100 GB, a purge occurs regardless of whether a database backup has occurred. If the database size remains over 80 GB, an additional purge occurs until the database is 80 GB or less.
Note Every ACS administrator account is assigned one or more administrative roles. Depending upon the roles assigned to your account, you may or may not be able to perform the operations or see the options described in the following procedure. See Configuring System Administrators and Accounts, page 14-2 to configure the appropriate administrator privileges.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Operations > Data Purging.
Table 13-1 Data Purging Page
Option
Description
Data Repository
Use the drop-down list box to select the data repository backup location to be used during data purging.
Note See the CLI Reference for ACS 5.0 to add a data repository.
Purge Every <num> months
Use the drop-down list box to indicate the number of months, where <num> is the number of months of data you want to retained in the ACS database.
If you have a Base license, you cannot configure the number of months; it is preset to 2.
Purge History
Start Time
Display only. Indicates the start times of the five most recent data purge events, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone. In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
•yyyy = A four-digit representation of the year.
End Time
Display only. Indicates the end times of the five most recent data purge events, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone. In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
•yyyy = A four-digit representation of the year.
Status
Display only. Indicates the status of all data purges.
Viewing Log Collections
Use this page to view recently collected log names for ACS servers.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Operations > Log Collection.
Note You can use the refresh symbol to refresh the contents of the page.
Table 13-2 Log Collection Page
Option
Description
ACS Server
The name of the ACS server. Click to open the Log Collection Details page and view recently collected logs.
Last Syslog Message
Display only. Indicates the arrival time of the most recent syslog message, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone. In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
•yyyy = A four-digit representation of the year.
Last Error
Display only. Indicates the name of the most recent error message.
Last Error Time
Display only. Indicates the arrival time of the most recent error message, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone.In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
•yyyy = A four-digit representation of the year.
Get Details
Click to view recently collected logs for a selected ACS server.
Log Collection Details Page
Use this page to view the recently collected log names for an ACS server.
Step 1 From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring & Reports > Monitoring Configuration > Log Collection.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
•Click the name of an ACS server.
•Select the radio button of an ACS server name which you want to view recently collected logs, and click Get Details.
Note You can use the refresh symbol to refresh the contents of the page.
Table 13-3 Log Collection Details Page
Option
Description
Log Name
Name of the log file.
Last Syslog Message
Display only. Indicates the arrival time of the most recent syslog message, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone. In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
•yyyy = A four-digit representation of the year.
Last Error
Display only. Indicates the name of the most recent error message.
Last Error Time
Display only. Indicates the arrival time of the most recent error message, in the format Ddd Mmm dd hh:mm:ss timezone yyyy, where:
•dd = A two-digit numeric representation of the day of the month, from 01 to 31.
•hh = A two-digit numeric representation of the hour of the day, from 00 to 23.
•mm = A two-digit numeric representation of the minute of the hour, from 00 to 59.
•ss = A two-digit numeric representation of the second of the minute, from 00 to 59.
•timezone = The time zone. In a distributed environment, the timezone displayed for all secondary servers corresponds to the timezone of the server in which the view is active. If your primary instance has a timezone of PDT and the secondary instance is in UTC, the secondary instance displays the timezone and timestamp of syslog messages with PDT, which corresponds to the timezone of the primary instance.
Use this page to edit failure reasons and include possible resolution steps to assist administrators when they encounter failures.
Note Every ACS administrator account is assigned one or more administrative roles. Depending upon the roles assigned to your account, you may or may not be able to perform the operations or see the options described in the following procedure. See Configuring System Administrators and Accounts, page 14-2 to configure the appropriate administrator privileges.
Step 1 From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > Failure Reasons Editor.
Step 2 Click:
•The name of the failure reason you want to edit.
•The radio button associated with the failure reason you want to edit, then click Edit.
The Failure Reason Editor Page appears as described in Table 13-7.
Table 13-7 Failure Reasons Editor Page
Option
Description
Failure Reason
Display only. The error code and associated failure reason name.
Description
Enter a free text description of the failure reason to assist administrators; use the text tools as needed.
Resolution Steps
Enter a free text description of possible resolution steps for the failure reason to assist administrators; use the text tools as needed.
Specifying Email Settings
Use this page to specify the email server and administrator email address.
Note Every ACS administrator account is assigned one or more administrative roles. Depending upon the roles assigned to your account, you may or may not be able to perform the operations or see the options described in the following procedure. See Configuring System Administrators and Accounts, page 14-2 to configure the appropriate administrator privileges.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > Email Settings.
Table 13-8 Email Settings Page
Option
Description
Mail Server
Enter a valid email host server.
Mail From
Enter the email address name that you want to configure for users to see when they receive email from the system.
Specifying Session Settings
Use this page to specify the session timeout values for any sessions that are not terminated, after which a user must log back in.
Note Every ACS administrator account is assigned one or more administrative roles. Depending upon the roles assigned to your account, you may or may not be able to perform the operations or see the options described in the following procedure. See Configuring System Administrators and Accounts, page 14-2 to configure the appropriate administrator privileges.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > Session Directory Settings.
Table 13-9 Session Directory Settings Page
Option
Description
Session Timeout
Use the drop-down list box to select from 1 to 5 days for an administrative session time to occur. For example, if you select 1 from the Session Timeout list, the session is terminated at midnight that day. If the session starts on a given day at 23:00:01, the session is terminated when the time reaches the next day at 00:00:00.
After the configured time is met, a user must log back in.
Specifying System Alarm Settings
Use this page to identify user lists for users that you want notified of system alarm events, and whether to suppress duplicate email notifications of alarm events.
From the Monitoring & Report Viewer, select Monitoring Configuration > System Configuration > System Alarm Settings.
Table 13-10 System Alarm Settings Page
Option
Description
Email Notification User List
Enter valid email addresses, or click Select to enter valid email addresses, for those individuals you want notified of system alarm events.
Clear
Click to delete content from the Email Notification User List.
Notify System Alarms
Check the check box to enable the defined email addresses listed in the Email Notification User List of system alarm events.
System Alarms Suppress Duplicates <hour>
Use the drop-down list box to designate the number of hours that you want to suppress duplicate system alarms from being sent to the Email Notification User List. Valid options are 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, and 24.
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Specifying System Alarm Settings
