Copying an alert v10.3

To speed up the deployment of alerts in the PEM system, you can copy alert definitions from one object to one or more target objects.

To copy alerts from an object, select the object in the PEM client tree on the main PEM window. Then, select Management > Alerts > Copy Alerts. On the Manage Alerts tab, from the Quick Links toolbar, select Copy Alerts.

The Copy Alert Configuration dialog box copies all alerts from the object selected in the PEM client tree to the objects selected on the dialog box. Expand the tree to select nodes to specify as the target objects. The tree displays a red warning indicator next to the source object.

To copy alerts to multiple objects at once, select a parent node of the targets. For example, to copy the alerts from one table to all tables in a schema, select the check box next to the schema. PEM copies alerts only to targets that are the same type as the source object.

Select Ignore duplicates to prevent PEM from updating any existing alerts on the target objects with the same name as those being copied.

Select Replace duplicates to replace existing alerts with alerts of the same name from the source object.

Select Delete Existing Alerts to delete all the alerts from the target object and copy all the alerts from the source object to the target object.

Select Configure Alerts to copy the alerts from the source object to all objects of the same type in or under those objects selected on the Copy Alert Configuration dialog box.

Schedule an alert blackout

You can use the Management > Alerts > Schedule Alert Blackout to schedule an alert blackout for your Postgres servers and PEM agents during maintenance. Alerts aren't raised during a defined blackout period.

To schedule an alert blackout, select Management > Alerts > Schedule Alert Blackout.

In the Schedule Alert Blackout dialog box, use the tabs to define the blackout period for servers and agents. On the Server tab, to add a row, select the plus sign (+) at the top-right corner.

Use the Server tab to provide information about an alert blackout period. After you save the blackout period, you can't edit it.

• Use the Start time field to provide the date and time to start the alert blackout.
• Use the Duration field to provide the interval for which you want to black out the alerts.
• Use the Servers field to provide the server name for which you want to black out the alerts. You can also select multiple servers to black out the alerts for all of those servers.

After providing details, select Save. The alerts don't appear on the Alerts dashboard for the scheduled interval of that server.

You can also schedule a blackout period for PEM agents using the Agent tab on the dialog box. To add a row, on the Agent tab, select the plus sign (+) at the top-right corner.

Use the Agent tab to provide the information about an alert blackout period. After you save the blackout period, you can't edit it.

• Use the Start time field to provide the date and time to start the alert blackout.
• Use the Duration field to provide the interval for which you want to black out the alerts.
• Use the Agents field to provide the agent name for which you want to black out the alerts. All server-level alerts for the servers bound to that agent black out.

After providing details, save the details by selecting Save. The alerts aren't displayed on the Alert dashboard for the scheduled interval for that PEM agent.

You can select Clone from the top-right corner of the dialog box to clone the scheduling of an alert blackout. To create the cloned copy of all the selected servers or agents, select the servers or agents you want to clone, and then select Clone. You can edit newly created schedules as needed, and then select Save.

Select Delete from the top-right corner of the dialog box to remove a scheduled alert blackout. Select the servers or agents and then select Delete.

Select a server for which you want to delete the scheduled alert blackout, and then select Delete. The server prompts for confirmation before deleting that row.

You can select Reset to reset the details on the Alert Blackout dialog box to the default settings. Saved blackouts aren't affected.

You can view the scheduled alert blackout details from the event_history table in the pem schema once the schedule is executed. For more information, see Monitoring event history.