Lotus Domino Administrator 8 Help - Creating a statistic event generator

MONITORING

Creating a statistic event generator
The Monitoring Configuration database (EVENTS4.NSF) includes a definition of each IBM® Lotus® Domino™ system and platform statistic. Each definition also includes a default threshold value. To monitor a statistic, create a statistic event generator. In the statistic event generator, you can change the default threshold and specify how you want the event to be handled when the threshold is met.

To generate statistic events, statistic alarms must be enabled on either the Domino Server or the Domino Administrator. Enabling statistic alarms instructs the Collector task to periodically check the value of configured statistics with the thresholds specified in their event generator documents. When a threshold is exceeded an alarm document is created in the Monitoring Results database (STATREP.NSF). The first time an alarm is reported, a statistic event is generated. Alarms continue to be reported at the alarm interval specified when you enabled alarms. However, after the first alarm, subsequent events are generated, by default, once daily until you clear the alarm in the Statistics - Alarms view of the Domino Administrator.

You enable alarms in the Domino Administrator by setting Administration Preferences. You enable alarms on the server, in the Server Statistic Collection document.

For more information on enabling statistics alarms, see the topics Setting statistics preferences and Creating a Server Statistic Collection document.

To create a statistic event generator

1. From the Domino Administrator, click the Configuration tab, and then open the Monitoring Configuration view.

2. Open the Event Generators - Statistic view, and click New Statistic Event Generator.

3. Under Servers to monitor, choose one:

All in the domain
Only the following. Then select one or more servers you want to monitor.

4. Under Statistic to monitor, select a statistic, and then choose one:

Monitor as a percent of the whole (Disk.C.Size). Then click the Threshold tab and enter the percentage of the total (Disk.C.Size) that is the threshold value.
Monitor as a number (bytes). Then click the Threshold tab, and enter a threshold value in bytes.

5. For the "Generate the event when" field, choose one:

The statistic is less than the threshold value
The statistic is greater than the threshold value
The statistic is a multiple of the threshold value

6. Click the Other tab, complete these fields, and then click Save & Close.

Field	Action
Generate a statistic event of severity	Select a severity level.
Create a new event handler for this event	Click this button to launch the Event Notification Wizard and create an event handler.

See also

Event generators

Disabling an event generator

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