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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:
  • Enable or disable any rule.
  • Edit certain rules to modify the frequency at which alerts are generated.
  • Enter alert recipients for any rule.
    Note
    Note
    You must configure the list of recipient email addresses that will receive alerts.

Procedure

  1. From the Deep Discovery Director management console, access the Settings screen.
  2. Go to AlertsBuilt-in Rules.
  3. Click the name of the rule you want to edit in the Rule column.
    The Edit Rule screen appears.
  4. (Optional) Toggle the status of this rule to Enabled.
  5. (Optional) Configure the appropriate frequency settings:
    • Alert frequency: Select the frequency at which the alert is generated when the rule criteria are met or exceeded
    • 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
    Note
    • Shorter frequencies mean that the alert will be generated more often. Select longer frequencies to reduce the noise the alert generates.
    • System rules are configured to continuously check the rule criteria. Only the Alert frequency can be modified.
    • Security rules are configured to immediately generate alerts if rule criteria are met or exceeded. Only the Check frequency can be modified.
  6. In the Recipients field, type an email address and press ENTER.
    You can add one or more recipients. Press ENTER after each entry.
  7. Click Save.
    Tip
    Tip
    Click Restore Defaults to restore this rule to its default values.