Configuring an Alarm Detection

Create an Alarm Detection configuration by clicking the New Configuration button in the upper left part of the Desktop window, and then selecting Alarm Detection from the menu.

The Alarm Detection

Select the Workflow Alarm Value Names option to define a variable you can use in the APL code, see the APL Reference Guide.

Field/Option	Description

Field/Option

Description

Alarm Detection Enabled

Select this checkbox to turn on alarm detection.

Description

Enter a statement that describes the Alarm Detection that you are defining.

Severity

Select the importance priority of the alarm from the drop-down list. The available severities are:

Indeterminate
Warning
Minor
Major
Critical

Adding an Alarm Condition

At the bottom of the Alarm Detection configuration, click the Add button. The Add Alarm Condition dialog box opens.

The Add Alarm Condition

Select a condition in the Alarm Condition drop-down list.

Alarm Conditions

The Alarm conditions enable you to define specific situations or events for which you want the system to produce an alarm. You configure a condition to produce an alarm whenever a certain behavior occurs, within specific limits.

Note!

An alarm is generated only if ALL conditions in the Alarm Detection are met.
The Alarm condition limits are reset:

- Every time you restart the platform
- Every time you save the alarm configuration
- When you resolve the alarm

The Alarm Conditions that you can choose from are:

Host Statistic Value
Pico Instance Statistic Value
System Event
Unreachable Execution Context
Workflow Alarm Value
Workflow Execution Time
Workflow Group Execution Time
Workflow Throughput

Host Statistic Value

The Host Statistic Value condition enables you to set up an Alarm Detection for the various statistic values by the host.

The Host Statistic Value condition

Item	Description

Item	Description
Event Properties
Host	Select a host for applying the alarm condition.
Statistic Value	The statistical criteria on the host include: Processes Waiting For Run (#) Processes in Sleep (#) Processes Swapped Out (#) Swapped In From Disk (blocks/s) Swapped To Disk (blocks/s) Context Switches (/s) CPU User Time (%) CPU System Time (%)
Limits	Specify the condition for the alarm to be triggered. The options are Exceeds or Falls Below the selected statistic value. Enable the During Last checkbox to further focus on the X duration of Minutes/ Hour.

Pico Instance Statistic Value

The Pico Instance Statistic Value condition enables you to set up an Alarm Detection for the various statistic values by Pico instances.

The Pico Instance Statistic Value condition

Item	Description

Item	Description
Event Properties
Pico Instance	Select a Pico instance for configuring the alarm, it can be Platform, EC
Statistic Value	The statistical criteria on the Pico instance include: Used Memory (Kb) Garbage Collection Count (#) Garbage Collection Time (ms) Thread Count (#) Open files count (#) CPU usage time (%)
Limits	Specify the condition for the alarm to be triggered. The options are Exceeds or Falls Below the selected statistic value. Enable the "During Last" checkbox to further focus on the X duration of Minutes/ Hour.