Events are alerts that are triggered when a specific condition is met. For example, an event can signal if a server has gone down, if a device is exceeding CPU or disk-space thresholds, or if communication with a device has failed. Alternately, an event can simply display the status of a managed element. An alert defines a formula that SL1 evaluates each time data is collected. If the formula evaluates to true during data collection, SL1 generates an alert. Not every alert will trigger an event. An alert must have an event policy in SL1 that defines the conditions for the event, and when an alert meets the conditions in the event policy, SL1 generates an event.
This section describes how to view events, respond to events, and other topics related to events in SL1.
