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Storage Engine Alerts

Storage engine Alerts can send alert notices about various storage conditions to the Alerts module. To send alert notices, implement the General Object Automation (GOA) component of the storage engine system.

The alerts appear in the Alerts module, which lets you quickly see system issues. For example, GOA scripts can be created to send alerts about the following conditions:

• Monitor the allocated space on one, several, or all disk volumes. And send an alert to the Alerts module for each volume when its allocated space exceeds your customizable high threshold.
• Monitor the same volumes to raise an alert when allocated space is below a minimum usage (low) threshold.
• Monitor any storage object for any simple or complex condition, and send an alert to the Alerts module when that condition is found.

To set up storage engine Alerts for the CA Chorus for Storage Management discipline, create a storage engine GOA Script for objects you want to monitor for alert conditions. Storage administrators can create GOA scripts after CA Chorus for Storage Management and the storage engine are installed, deployed, and configured. Typically, creating GOA scripts is ongoing. That is, storage administrators typically create or maintain them as and when needed.

Observe the following notes:

• The following storage engine configuration must be in place:
  • Provide the URL for the CA Chorus for Storage Management Alert Listener service to the storage engine.
  • Update the storage engine //STEPLIB DD statement.

  Note: For more information, see the CA Vantage Configuration Guide. This guide is available in the Knowledge Center.

• The storage engine systems must be up and running. If a storage engine is not running, it cannot create alerts and cannot send them to the target CA Chorus for Storage Management systems.
• The target CA Chorus for Storage Management systems (associated with the URLs) must be running and ready to receive the alerts. The storage engine does not store the alerts. If the target CA Chorus for Storage Management systems are not running and set to receive the alerts, then the Alerts are lost.

To view storage engine alerts in the Alert module, add them to your CA Chorus dashboard and follow the prompts to configure it.