Alerts
Alerts are created to warn or notify you when the system encounters an issue or a certain task requires your attention. Two types of alerts are available:
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User-defined alerts - Custom alerts that a user creates.
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System default alerts - Preset alerts in the system such as CollectData, AverageData, and HourlyAverageData.
The Alerts tab in Infor System Console shows this information:
| Field name | Description |
|---|---|
| Alert Name | Displays the assigned alert name. |
| Alert Type | Displays the assigned alert type, or service that the alert is applicable to. |
| Host Name | Displays the host name. |
| Notification Recipients | Displays the email address of the recipients. |
| Next Scheduled | When defined, it shows when the alert will next be issued. |
You can create new alerts, You can also change the status of the delivered CollectData alert to On or Off) and reset the frequency of data collection that is used to construct the historical diagnostic graphs.
Alert Types
When you create a user-defined alert, you base it on one of the following delivered alert types. The types are grouped into these categories:
| Alert Category | Alert Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Services | LSF | Alerts that list any stopped services for Infor Lawson System Foundation. |
| IPA | Alerts that list any stopped services for Infor Process Automation. | |
| LBI | Alerts that list any stopped services for LBI. | |
| MSCM | Alerts that list any stopped services for MSCM. | |
| Resources | CPU | Alerts for when the CPU exceeds a defined threshold. (This alert type is not available on IBM i systems.) |
| Memory | Alerts for when the memory usage exceeds a defined threshold. (This alert type is not available on IBM i systems.) | |
| File System | Alerts for when the file system space usage exceeds a defined threshold. (This alert type is not available on IBM i systems.) | |
| WebSphere Heap Size | Alerts for when the Java heap size exceeds the defined threshold for WebSphere for a selected service. | |
| WebSphere Thread Pool | Alerts for when the Java thread pool exceeds the defined threshold for WebSphere for a selected service. | |
| Diagnostics | Long Running Jobs | Alerts that list jobs with a specified status and whose elapsed time from the current system time exceeds the specified Job Duration. For Active Jobs, the duration is measured from the start date/time. For jobs that are in Waiting or in Needs Recovery state, the duration is measured from the stop date/ time. |
| Lawson Security Off | Alerts that indicate if Lawson Security is off. | |
| LSF Compile Errors | Alerts for program compile errors in each product line. | |
| LSF Database |
Alerts for LSF database connection status and database disk space utilization information. Database disk space utilization is supported only on Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle systems. |
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| LSF Debug On | Alerts that indicate if debugging is turned on in the Infor Lawson System Foundation system (that is, ENABLEDBG is TRUE in ladebug.cfg and the ladebug service is running). | |
| Smoke Test | Alerts that show the status of the standard smoke tests (batch, transaction, profile, drill, and data tests) and also contain a summary of system information. | |
| WebSphere Hung Thread | Alerts for any hung threads for WebSphere for a selected service. |