Current Events Window
The Current Events window of the Advanced Alert Manager shows the most recent
network events with their descriptions and other information from the events log.
To use the Current Events window to view network events:
1. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds > Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping >
Advanced Alert Manager.
2. Click View > Current Events.
3. Select one of the following Group By criteria for grouping events: Event Type,
Object Type, Network Node, Acknowledged, or No Grouping.
4.
If you want to change the viewable category columns in the Current
Events window, click Include, and then complete the following procedure:
a. Click the Event View Columns tab, and then select column IDs from the
All Columns field.
b. Click the right arrow to move your column IDs into the Selected
Columns field.
c. If there are any column IDs in the Selected Columns field that you
do not want to view, select them, and then click the left arrow to move
your selected column IDs to the All Columns field.
d. Click the up or down arrows to change the order of your selected
columns accordingly.
e. Position the slider to set the Event View refresh rate.
f. Type the number of events that you want to be able to review in the
Display a maximum of XX events in the Event View field.
g. If you are finished configuring your Current Events View, click OK.
5. Click Refresh to update the Current Events window with the latest events and
column IDs.
6. If you want to acknowledge a network event, click X next to the event.
Active Alerts Window
The Active Alerts window of the Advanced Alert Manager shows network alerts with
their descriptions and other information from the alerts log.
To use the Active Alerts window to view active network alerts:
1. Click Start > All Programs > SolarWinds > Alerting, Reporting, and Mapping >
Advanced Alert Manager.
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Using the Advanced Alert Manager