$ADAPTER_HOST_SNANODE

The netID.nau name of the host where the adapter is running.

$ALERT_CDPT

The alert code point that provides an index into predefined text describing the alert condition.

$ALERT_ID The unique ID describing the alert.

$ARCH_TYPE Defines the alert type, either NONGENERIC_ALERT (alert subvector x’91’) or GENERIC_ALERT (alert subvector x’92’).

$BLOCK_ID The legacy block ID for non-generic alerts (alert subvector x’91’).

$CAUSES Alert causes collected from alert subvectors x’93’, x’94’, x’95’, x’96’, and x’97’.

$DATE The date and time the event was generated.

$DETAILED_DATA

Product specific detail data from alert subvector x’98’.

$EVENT_CORREL

Alert correlation data from alert subvector x’47’.

$EVENT_TYPE

A value indicating the severity of the alert condition (for example,

PERMANENT, TEMPORARY, or IMPENDING PROBLEM).

$HOSTNAME

The netID.nau name of the host where the alert originated.

$INCIDENT_CORREL

Alert correlation data from alert subvector x’4A’.

$MSG

The alert code point text and the first probable cause text for the

 

alert.

$ORIGIN The hierarchy list of the alert origin.

$PRODUCT_ID

The hardware and software identifier from alert subvector x’10’.

$SELF_DEF_MSG

The general message text from alert subvector x’31’.

$SEVERITY The severity of the event.

$SOURCE The source of the event. The source is defined by the adapter type AS400_ALERT.

$SUB_ORIGIN

The last member in the hierarchy list of the alert origin.

Configuring the AS/400 Alert Filters

Default Alert Filter

The AS/400 alert adapter creates a default alert filter, QTMETECA02/QYAAFTR, at installation time. This filter consists of a selection entry that maps all alerts to the group QTECALERT. The corresponding action entry for QTECALERT is also provided. When the AS/400 alert adapter is started, a data queue is created and the QTECALERT action entry is updated with the data queue name so incoming alert information can be monitored by the adapter.

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IBM Enterprise Console manual Configuring the AS/400 Alert Filters Default Alert Filter

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