26 ServerView Event Manager
Processing alarm entries
3.4 Processing alarm entries
The following functions are available for processing the alarm entries:
– Acknowledge alarms
– Suppress alarms
– Reset alarm suppression
– Delete alarms
3.4.1 Acknowledging alarms
You can acknowledge alarms that have been received.
Proceed as follows:
Ê Select the alarm entries in the list.
Ê Select Ack Alarm from the context menu.
The acknowledgment is indicated in the Ack column with the following icon:
3.4.2 Suppressing alarms
You can suppress individual alarms of a server. This is useful if the management
station is being bombarded with messages from a server that is not running
correctly.
Proceed as follows:
Ê Select the alarm entries in the list.
Ê Select Suppress from the context menu.
You must confirm the alarm suppression. Once you have done this, all alarm
entries will be deleted from the alarm list and no further alarms of this type for
the server in question will be added to the list.
You can reset this setting via Filter Settings, see section "Resetting alarm
suppression" on page 27.