Exadata Alerts Test

Alerts draw attention to potential and actual problems and other events of interest to an administrator. If an alert remains unattended or is not captured soon after problems occur, users may be unable to access the target storage server until administrators fix the issue. This may lead to poor user experience and may also lead to revenue loss. To improve user experience and to clear alerts at a faster pace, administrators need to constantly keep a vigil on all the alerts that are generated on the target storage server. The Exadata Alerts test helps administrators in this regard!

This test reports the count of alerts generated by the target Oracle Exadata Storage Server. Using this test, administrators can figure out how many critical, informational and warning alerts were generated. This will help administrators in proactively detecting issues in the target storage server and rectify them before any serious issues occur. Administrators can use the detailed diagnostics to figure out which alert was frequently generated and can use the alert message to identify the potential issues.

Target of the test : Oracle Exadata Storage Server

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target Oracle Exadata Storage Server that is being monitored

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The IP address of the host for which this test is to be configured.
Port	The port number at which the specified host listens. By default, this is NULL.
Username, Password and Confirm Password	By default, this test uses the Cell Control Command-Line Interface (CellCLI) to pull out the required metrics. To use the CLI, the test first needs to connect to the target storage server via SSH, and then run commands using CLI. For running the commands, this test requires the credentials of a cellmonitor user. Specify the login credentials of such a user in the Username and Password text boxes and confirm the Password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.
SSH Port	This test uses the Cell CLI to pull metrics from the target Oracle Exadata Storage Server. To run the CLI commands, this test first needs to establish an SSH connection with the target storage server. To enable the test to establish this connection, specify the SSH Port here.
Timeout	Specify the time duration for which this test should wait for a response from the storage system in the Timeout text box. By default, this is 120 seconds.
Detailed Diagnosis	To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option. The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled: The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Critical alerts	Indicates the count of critical alerts generated on the target storage server.	Number	The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the severity of the alert that is generated and the alert message.
Warning alerts	Indicates the number of warning alerts generated on the target storage server.	Number	The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the severity of the alert that is generated and the alert message.
Info alerts	Indicates the number of informational alerts generated on the target storage server.	Number	The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the severity of the alert that is generated and the alert message.
Other alerts	Indicates the number of other alerts generated on the target storage server.	Number	The detailed diagnosis of this measure lists the severity of the alert that is generated and the alert message.