Creating Alerts - Teradata Database

Creating Alerts

A Teradata Viewpoint alert is based on:

A threshold specified for a monitoring parameter, for example, when a database exceeds 95% space usage.

The time period during which the parameter must be over threshold to invoke the alert.

The name of an Action Set, for example, the alert notification, which defines who should receive the alert, and how the message is delivered.

A message that the system delivers to the list of users defined in the Action Set, if the threshold and time criteria are met.

To configure a sample alert:

1 From the Teradata Viewpoint main portal, select Admin>Teradata Systems.

2 From the Setup menu, select Alerts, and then configure an alert, for example, a System Health alert that sends a message if the system is down, similar to the following example.

Note: The Alert Action name “General Alert” is created using Setting Up Alert Actions.

3 Check the Enabled box and click Apply.

Note: See Teradata Viewpoint User Guide for details and options.