Notification - Red Hat NETWORK SATELLITE 5.3.0 Reference Manual

Notification —
7.10.1.3. Probe Status Unknown —
The probes that cannot collect the metrics needed to determine probe state. Most but not all probes
enter an unknown state when exceeding their timeout period. This may mean that the timeout period
should be increased, or the connection cannot be established to the monitored system.
It is also possible the probes' configuration parameters are not correct and their data cannot be found.
Finally, this state may indicate that a software error has occurred.
7.10.1.4. Probe Status Pending —
The probes whose data have not been received by RHN. This state is expected for a probe that
has just been scheduled but has not yet run. If all probes go into a pending state, your monitoring
infrastructure may be failing.
7.10.1.5. Probe Status OK —
The probes that have run successfully without exception. This is the state desired for all probes.
7.10.1.6. Probe Status All —
All probes scheduled on systems in your account, listed in alphabetical order by the name of system.
7.10.1.7. Current State —
Identifies the selected probe's status and when it last ran, while providing the ability to generate a
report on the probe. Although this page is integral to monitoring, it is found under the Probes tab
within the System Details page since its configuration is specific to the system being monitored.
To view a report of the probe's results, choose a relevant duration using the date fields and decide
whether you would like to see metric data, the state change history or both. To obtain metric data,
select the metric(s) on which you wish to see a report, and decide (using the checkboxes) whether the
results should be shown in a graph, an event log, or both. Then click Generate report at the bottom
of the page. If no data exist for the probe's metrics, you are presented with the following message: NO
DATA SELECTED TIME PERIOD AND METRIC.
7.10.2. Notification —
Identifies the contact methods that have been established for your organization. These methods
contain email or pager addresses designated to receive alerts from probes.
The various notification methods available to your organization are listed here on the default
Notification screen. The methods are listed according to the user to which they apply.
To create a new notification method, click on the name of the user to whom the notification will apply.
Section 7.9.1.1.7, "User List
The user's User Details Notification Methods page appears. Refer to
Active User Details Notification Methods — "
for further information. Click on the title of the
notification method to edit the properties of the method.
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