Cisco Unified Serviceability Administration Guide for Cisco Unity Connection Release 2.x - Viewing and Updating Alarm Definitions [Cisco Unity Connection]

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Viewing and Updating Alarm Definitions

Viewing Alarm Definitions and Adding User-Defined Descriptions

System Alarm Catalog Descriptions

Related Topics

Viewing and Updating Alarm Definitions

This chapter, which provides procedural information to search, view, and create user information for alarm definitions that display in Cisco Unified Serviceability, contains the following topics:

•Viewing Alarm Definitions and Adding User-Defined Descriptions

•System Alarm Catalog Descriptions

•Related Topics

Viewing Alarm Definitions and Adding User-Defined Descriptions

This section describes how to search for and view an alarm definition in Cisco Unified Serviceability.

Tip You can view Cisco Unity Connection alarm definitions in Cisco Unity Connection Serviceability. You cannot add user-defined descriptions to alarm definitions in Cisco Unity Connection Serviceability.

Cisco Unity Connection also uses certain alarm definitions in Cisco Unified Serviceability, and they must be viewed in Cisco Unified Serviceability. Be aware that alarms that are associated with the catalogs in Table 5-1 are available for viewing.

Procedure

Step 1 In Cisco Unified Serviceability, choose Alarm > Definitions.

The Alarm Message Definitions window displays.

Step 2 From the Find alarms where drop-down list box, choose the catalog for which you want to view the definitions.

Step 3 From the Equals drop-down list box, choose a catalog of alarm definitions or enter the alarm name in the Enter Alarm Name field. For a list of System Alarm Catalog options, see Table 5-1. Click the Find button.

The definitions list displays for the alarm catalog that you chose.

Tip Multiple pages of alarm definitions may exist. To choose another page, click the appropriate navigation button at the bottom of the Alarm Message Definitions window or enter a page number in the Page field. To change the number of alarms that display in the window, choose a different value from the Rows per Page drop-down list box.

Step 4 In the list, click the hyperlink alarm definition for which you want to view alarm details, such as a description, alarm severity, and so on.

The Alarm Information window displays.

Step 5 If you want to add information to the alarm, enter text in the User Defined Text pane and click the Save button.

Tip To delete the description from the User Defined Text pane, click the Clear All button.

Step 6 To return to the Alarm Message Definitions window, choose Back to Find/List Alarms from the Related Links drop-down list box; then, click Go.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

System Alarm Catalog Descriptions

Table 5-1 contains the System Alarm Catalog alarm descriptions.

Table 5-1 System Catalogs

Name

Description

ClusterManagerAlarmCatalog

Cisco does not support this alarm catalog for Cisco Unity Connection.

DBAlarmCatalog

All Cisco database (aupair) alarm definitions

DRFAlarmCatalog

All Disaster Recovery System alarm definitions

GenericAlarmCatalog

All generic alarm definitions that all applications share

JavaApplications

All Java Applications alarm definitions.

Tip You cannot configure JavaApplications alarms by using the alarm configuration GUI. You generally configure these alarms to go to the Event Logs. Use the registry editor that is provided with your operating system to view or change alarm definitions and parameters.

LoginAlarmCatalog

All login-related alarm definitions

LpmTctCatalog

All log partition monitoring and trace collection alarm definitions

RTMTAlarmCatalog

All Cisco Unified Communications Manager Real-Time Monitoring Tool alarm definitions

SystemAccessCatalog

All alarm definitions that are used for tracking whether SystemAccess provides all thread statistic counters together with all the process statistic counters.

ServiceManagerAlarmCatalogs

All service manager alarm definitions that are related to the activation, deactivation, starting, restarting, and stopping of services.

TFTPAlarmCatalog

All Cisco TFTP alarm definitions

TestAlarmCatalog

All alarm definitions that are used for sending test alarms through SNMP traps from the Command Line Interface (CLI). For information on the CLI, refer to the Cisco Unified Communications Operating System Administration Guide.

Additional Information

See the "Related Topics" section.

Related Topics

•Understanding Alarms, page 3-1

•Viewing Alarm Definitions and Adding User-Defined Descriptions

•System Alarm Catalog Descriptions