How to display alert details
Published : April 8, 2005 | Updated : August 17, 2005
In the Monitoring task area on the Alerts tab, alerts can be grouped by Protection Group, Server, Severity, or Status. You can use the Details pane to find more information about a particular alert. The details for each alert vary, depending on the specific conditions that generated the alert and the type of alert selected.
For example, the details for an active “Recovery collection completed successfully” alert include the information shown in the following table:
Detail |
Description |
|---|---|
Occurred since |
The start time of the recovery collection |
Description |
A description of the job, including the destination server and status |
Recommended action |
Prompts the user to obtain more details in the jobs view |
Affected recovery items |
Provides a list of items, including item paths, that were recovered |
By contrast, the details for an inactive “Replica being created” alert include the information shown in the following table:
Detail |
Description |
|---|---|
Affected area |
The drive letter or name of the source volume |
Occurred since |
The time when the replica creation process started |
Date inactivated |
The time when the replica creation process completed |
Description |
Explains that the replica is being created and states that, after the initial copy is made, only incremental data changes are synchronized. |
Protection group |
The name of the protection group to which the source volume belongs |
To display details for an alert
In DPM Administrator Console, click Monitoring on the navigation bar, and then click the Alerts tab.
Select the alert for which you want more details. The alert information is displayed in the Details pane.