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Alert Log
NOTE: Due to the limitations of the VMware® ESXi operating system, the Setting Alert Actions feature is not available with this release of OpenManage Server Administrator.
Use this window to view system events. All users can see the logs. Only administrators can clear the log.
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Alert Log User, Power User, Administrator Administrator
NOTE: For more details on user privilege levels, see "Privilege Levels in the Server Administrator GUI."
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Alert Log
Each event appears with a Severity, Event ID, Date and Time, and Description. Clicking a column heading sorts by the column or changes the sort direction of the column. To interpret the messages, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide.
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Alert Log Fields
Severity Indicates whether the event type is Normal/OK, Warning/Noncritical, or Critical/Nonrecoverable.
ID Displays the event ID. Click on a particular event ID for a detailed list of that event ID and its corresponding description, severity, and cause. See the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide for the detailed list of an event ID and its corresponding description, severity, and cause.
Date and Time Displays the day, month, date, time (hours, minutes, and seconds), and year of the event.
Category Indicates the subsystem that generated the alert. Current categories include Instrumentation Service and Storage Service.
Description Briefly describes what happened and the components involved.
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Other Window Controls
Print Prints a copy of the log to your default printer.
Export Saves a text file containing the contents of this window (the values of each data field separated by a customizable delimiter) to a destination you specify.
E-mail E-mails the contents of this window to your designated recipient. See the Server Administrator User's Guide for instructions about configuring your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server.
Clear Log Erases all events from the log.
Save As Saves the window content in a .zip file.
Refresh Updates the screen with latest information.
Help Displays the online help for this page.