Deep Discovery Director - Network
Analytics has a set of
built-in alert rules that are enabled by default.
A standard template is used when generating an alert. You cannot modify
the subject or the message.
You can modify the following settings:
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Enable or disable any rule.
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Edit certain rules to modify the frequency at which alerts are generated.
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Enter alert recipients for any rule.

Note
You must configure the list of recipient email addresses that will receive alerts.
Procedure
- From the Deep Discovery Director management console, access the Settings screen.
- Go to .
- Click the name of the rule you want to edit in the Rule column.The Edit Rule screen appears.
- (Optional) Toggle the status of this rule to Enabled.
- (Optional) Configure the appropriate frequency settings:
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Alert frequency: Select the frequency at which the alert is generated when the rule criteria are met or exceeded
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Check frequency: Select the frequency at which the rule criteria are checked
For each built-in rule, you can configure the following:- License Expiration: Cannot modify frequency
- Service Stopped: Edit Alert frequency
- Incident Report: Edit Check frequency
- High Root Disk Usage: Edit Alert frequency
- High Data Disk Usage: Edit Alert frequency

Note
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Shorter frequencies mean that the alert will be generated more often. Select longer frequencies to reduce the noise the alert generates.
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System rules are configured to continuously check the rule criteria. Only the Alert frequency can be modified.
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Security rules are configured to immediately generate alerts if rule criteria are met or exceeded. Only the Check frequency can be modified.
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- In the Recipients field,
type an email address and press ENTER.You can add one or more recipients. Press ENTER after each entry.
- Click Save.

Tip
Click Restore Defaults to restore this rule to its default values.
