The event log holds the latest up to 1.5 million events.
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From the menu (click
), select Alarms and Events and then select the Events tab.The following details are displayed:
Field
Description
Date
The date of the event.
Hover over the date to see how long ago the event happened. For example, "33 minutes ago".
Object Name
The object involved in the event.
Message
A description of the event.
Cluster
The cluster in which the event occurred.
Event Type
The type of event that occurred.
Object Type
The type of object on which the event occurred.
Origin
The initiator of the event. Possible values:
Cluster
Management
Security
User
Severity
The severity of the event. This is inherited from the event definition, and you can modify it. Possible values:
Info. No alarm was raised.
Minor. An alarm of severity minor was raised.
Major. An alarm of severity major was raised.
Critical. An alarm of severity critical was raised.
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To filter the list, click the Filter button above the list and select the time period, event type, object type, origin, severity and message, by which you want to filter the list.
When filtering by message, enter any message content you want to search for and press the enter key to initiate the search.
Alarms are automatically removed when the events that triggered them are resolved. In many cases, automatic recovery features handle and resolve events. Occasionally, user intervention may be required to resolve the issue.
How do I know when there are active alarms?
When one or more alarms are present, an indicator shows the number of alarms present:
How can I see what is causing alarms?
To see a summary of alarms, classified by severity, click the alarm indicator:
To read the alarm messages in more detail, open the Alarms page:
To open the Alarms page with no filtering, click See All.
To open the Alarms page filtered for a specific severity, click the "more" link for the severity.
To open the Alarms page from the menu at any time, click
to open the menu, select Alarms and Events and then select the Alarms tab.
VAST Cluster enables you to configure events to trigger email notifications and to deliver event information to an external application via a webhook.
Email notifications and webhook triggers are set up separately for each type of event that can occur. The Events Definitions page lists all definitions of events that may occur and enables you to set up notifications and webhooks for any of the event definitions.
From the menu (click
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All event definitions are listed. You can filter the list by object type and by event type. (Click Filters (above the grid) to display the filter controls.) The following information is displayed for each event definition:
Display Field
Description
Object Type
The type of object affected. For example, NIC - a network card.
Property
The property of the affected object that is affected. For example, the state of the object.
Event Type
How the property is affected. For example, object_modified (a change in the specifed property)
Severity
The severity of the triggered alarm. Can be critical, major, minor or N/A. If N/A , no alarm is triggered by an event of this variety and you cannot set a severity for it. Such events are logged with severity = info.
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Click an event definition to set up a trigger on a specific type of event.
The Update Event Definition dialog appears.
To configure email notifications for this type of event, enter email recipients in the Email Recipients field. Separate email addresses with commas.
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For a webhook, complete these fields:
Webhook URL. The URL of your chosen application's API endpoint that you want to trigger, including parameters.
Method. The HTTP method (POST/GET/PUT/PATH/DELETE).
Webhook data. The payload, if required, for the endpoint. You can use the
$eventvariable to include the event message.
Click Update.
Alarms are classified with three levels of severity: minor, major, and critical. The severity of an alarm is inherited from the definition of the event that triggered the alarm.
In order to change the severity of any specific type of alarm, change the definition of the triggering event.
The Events Definitions page lists all variations of events that can occur. Event definitions for which no severity is defined do not trigger alarms. When such events occur, they are logged with 'Info' as their severity. All event definitions for which severity is listed trigger alarms.
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From the menu (click
) select Alarms and Events and then select the Event Definitions tab. The Event Definitions tab displays all the event definitions, with the following information:
Display Field
Description
Object Type
The type of object affected. For example, NIC - a network card.
Property
The property of the affected object that is affected. For example, the state of the object.
Event Type
How the property is affected. For example, object_modified (a change in the specifed property)
Severity
The severity of the triggered alarm. Can be critical, major, minor or N/A. If N/A , no alarm is triggered by an event of this variety and you cannot set a severity for it. Such events are logged with severity = info.
Click on a definition to change the severity.
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From the Severity drop-down, select your preferred severity (critical/major/minor).
Note
If no severity is already defined for the event , this means the event does not trigger an alarm. You cannot set a severity. If a severity is already defined for the event, you can change it's value but you cannot remove it altogether and disable the alarm trigger.
Click Update.
When you're viewing the events log on the Events page or the current alarms in the Alarms page, you can easily download all of the events in the log or all of the current alarms.
You can also easily copy a single event or alarm to your clipboard.
Downloading Event Log or Current Alarms
To download a complete log or a complete list of the current alarms, click the download button at the top right of the list: 
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Copying an Event or Alarm
To copy an event or alarm to your clipboard, click the event or alarm on the page. A message appears telling you that the event or alarm was copied to your clipboard.
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