Customizing alarm settings enables you to create a customized methodology for monitoring the StorageGRID Webscale system. You can create alarms on individual services or components in addition to creating global alarms.
Before you begin
- You must be signed in to the Grid Management Interface using a supported browser.
- To perform this task, you need specific access permissions. For details, see information about controlling system access with administration user accounts and groups.
About this task
You should not change Default alarm values unless absolutely necessary. By changing Default alarms, you run the risk of concealing problems that might otherwise trigger an alarm
Steps
- Click .
- Add a new row to the Custom alarms table:
- Click Edit
(if this is the first entry) or Insert 
to add a new alarm. - Copy an alarm from the Default alarms or Global Custom alarms tables.
Click Copy
next to the alarm you want to modify.
- Click Edit
- Make any necessary changes to the Custom alarm settings:
Heading Description Enabled Select or clear to enable or disable the alarm. Attribute Select the name and code of the attribute being monitored from the list of all attributes applicable to the selected service or component.
To display information about the attribute, click Info
next to the attribute’s name.Severity The icon and text indicating the level of the alarm. Message The reason for the alarm (connection lost, storage space below 10%, and so on). Operator Operators for testing the current attribute value against the Value threshold: - = equal to
- > greater than
- < less than
- >= greater than or equal to
- <= less than or equal to
- ≠ not equal to
Value The alarm’s threshold value used to test against the attribute’s actual value using the operator.
The entry can be a single number, a range of numbers specified with a colon (1:3), or a comma delineated list of numbers and/or ranges.
Additional Recipients A supplementary list of email addresses to be notified when the alarm is triggered, in addition to the mailing list’s configuration on the page. Lists are comma delineated. Note: Mailing lists require SMTP server setup in order to operate. Before adding mailing lists, confirm that SMTP is configured.Notifications for Custom alarms can override notifications from Global Custom or Default alarms.
Actions Control buttons to: Edit a row Insert a row
Delete a row
Drag-and-drop a row up or down Copy a row