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msg Object

Use this object to view message related events on a VDC.

list Method (msg Object)

Description

Retrieve list of dashboard messages

Syntax

/api/v1/msg/list?vdc=controller-name 

Arguments

vdc

Name of the target virtual data center

Transaction Type

synchronous

Request Type

GET

Examples

Retrieve list of dashboard messages.

GET http://192.168.123.200/api/v1/msg/list?vdc=mygrid 

Sample Output

XML:

<messages>
   <message>
      <name>M020_grid_progress</name>
      <id>020_grid_progress</id>
      <severity>info</severity>
      <text>Grid recovery completed on Jul 20, 2010 at 19:01:42: There were 1 active application(s) when the grid controller went down. 1 application(s)have been recovered.</text>
      <timestamp>1279677702</timestamp>
   </message>
   <message>
      <name>M400_alert_srv1</name>
      <id>400_alert_srv1</id>
      <severity>alert</severity>
      <text>Multiple alarms have occurred for server srv1. Last alarm occurred on Jul 21, 2010 at 08:54:23:CRITICAL: possible storage system failure on server srv1. Error: Device: /dev/sda, not capable of SMART self-check. See http://doc.3tera.net/AppLogic29/RefStorageFailureDetection.html for recommended actions.</text>
      <timestamp>1279727663</timestamp>
   </message>
   <message>
      <name>M500_3tctlmon_report</name>
      <id>500_3tctlmon_report</id>
      <severity>alert</severity>
      <text>Grid restarted by operator on Jul 20, 2010 at 18:58:38.</text>
      <timestamp>1279677561</timestamp>
   </message>
</messages> 

JSON:

{
   "message" : [
      {
         "timestamp" : "1279677702",
         "text" : "Grid recovery completed on Jul 20, 2010 at 19:01:42: There were 1 active application(s) when the grid controller went down. 1 application(s) have been recovered.",
         "name" : "M020_grid_progress",
         "id" : "020_grid_progress",
         "severity" : "info"
      },
       {
         "timestamp" : "1279727663",
         "text" : "Multiple alarms have occurred for server srv1. Last alarm occurred on Jul 21, 2010 at 08:54:23:CRITICAL: Possible storage system failure on server srv1. Error: Device: /dev/sda, not capable of SMART self-check. See http://doc.3tera.net/AppLogic29/RefStorageFailureDetection.html for recommended actions.",
         "name" : "M400_alert_srv1",
         "id" : "400_alert_srv1",
         "severity" : "alert"
      },
      {
         "timestamp" : "1279677561",
         "text" : "Grid restarted by operator on Jul 20, 2010 at 18:58:38.",
          "name" : "M500_3tctlmon_report",
         "id" : "500_3tctlmon_report",
          "severity" : "alert"
      }
   ]
}