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Chapter 15 Managing System Operations and Configuration in the Monitoring & Report Viewer

•Configure and edit failure reasons—The Monitoring & Report Viewer allows you to configure the description of the failure reason code and provide instructions to resolve the problem. See Viewing Failure Reasons, page 15-14for more information on how to edit the failure reason description and instructions for resolution.

•Configure e-mail settings—You can configure the e-mail server and administrator e-mail address. See Specifying E-Mail Settings, page 15-15for more information.

•Configure collection filters—The Monitoring & Report Viewer provides you the option to filter data that is not used for monitoring or troubleshooting purposes. The data that is filtered is not stored in the database and hence saves much needed disk space. See Understanding Collection Filters, page 15-16for more information on how to configure collection filters.

•Configure system alarms—System alarms notify you of critical conditions encountered during the execution of the ACS Monitoring and Reporting viewer. You can configure if and how you would like to receive notification of system alarms. See Configuring System Alarm Settings, page 15-17for more information.

•Configure Syslog targets—If you have configured the Monitoring & Report Viewer to send system alarm notifications as Syslog messages, then you must configure a Syslog target to receive the notification. See Configuring Alarm Syslog Targets, page 15-17for more information.

•Export Monitoring & Report Viewer data—You can configure a remote database, which could either be an Oracle SID or Microsoft AD to which you can export the Monitoring & Report Viewer data.

You can create and run custom reporting applications using the data in your remote database. See Configuring Remote Database Settings, page 15-17for more information on how to configure a remote database with the Monitoring & Report Viewer.

ACS provides you the option to schedule jobs in the Monitoring & Report Viewer. By scheduling jobs, you can automate the monitoring tasks to be run at specified intervals. You can view the status of the scheduled jobs, control events, and intervene whenever necessary. You can schedule the following jobs:

•Data Purge

•Backup

•Event notification (system and threshold alarms)

•Export of Monitoring & Report Viewer data to a remote database This chapter contains the following sections:

•Configuring Data Purging and Incremental Backup, page 15-3

•Restoring Data from a Backup, page 15-7

•Viewing Log Collections, page 15-7

•Recovering Log Messages, page 15-11

•Viewing Scheduled Jobs, page 15-11

•Viewing Process Status, page 15-13

•Viewing Data Upgrade Status, page 15-14

•Viewing Failure Reasons, page 15-14

•Editing Failure Reasons, page 15-14

•Specifying E-Mail Settings, page 15-15

•Configuring SNMP Preferences, page 15-15

•Understanding Collection Filters, page 15-16

•Configuring System Alarm Settings, page 15-17

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