MOMI Alarms are the ability to set thresholds and trigger notifications.
Alarms are setup with reusable objects which define a Window of Time to monitor and the notification Action. The notification Action may specify that (any or all of the following) the alarm generate a message on the MOMI PC Client Alarms / Active, generate a message to the MOMI Log, generate a message to the EMS Log, and/or generate an Email to one or more recipients.
An alarm starts by specifying a the general category of Type and Sub-Type which then displays field(s) to define the threshold or state(s) to be monitored. This could be a CPU down or a process not running. Where MOMI regularly gathers data related alarms are automatically checked. Where MOMI must retrieve data to process an alarm the definition will specify a time interval of how often the necessary data is gathered and checked. By default, an Alarm is monitored continuously and displays red on the Alarms / Active screen. A window of time to monitor may be defined specified in 1/2 hour slots specified over 7 days in a week.
Alarm processing may be deferred for a period of time when the MOMI Subsystem is started on the NonStop System by using the CONFMOMI keyword ALARM-SUSPEND-DELAY.
By default, only the user that started the MOMI server is allowed to configure an Alarm. Additional users may be granted this authority by activating Client Access.
One of the available Actions to an Alarm is the generation of Email or Email to a Group. To enable this function, the following CONFMOMI keywords must be defined (or review its default value).
Email requires an external SMTP server (i.e. outgoing email) and the return Email address:
Some SMTP (i.e. outgoing email) servers require the HELO sequence which requires a portion of your email address defined in this keyword:
If you have CLIMs on your system, you may need to direct which physical Ethernet is used for sending email:
The TCP/IP process used to communicate with the SMTP server has a default which may be overridden:
Definition of alarm objects usually have several common screen commands:
Disable this <text varies> when checked (push Change to update) causes the record to no longer function. Uncheck (and push Change) to re-activate.
Display causes the selected record (or entered text) to appear.
Save New creates a record. If a record with the same name is already present, an error is displayed.
Change updates an existing record. If a record with the same name does not exist, an error is displayed.
Delete removes an existing record.