Viewing alarms in the System Monitor window

The System Monitor displays the number of alarm conditions that have not yet been deleted by a user (deleting messages does not delete them from the log, only from the System Monitor), in each of the four categories.

Note: The maximum number of alarms that can be displayed is 99. When this limit is reached, the system stops incrementing the numbers in the window and displays a warning on a red background until you have deleted some of them.
  1. Displaying the System Monitor: At the Welcome window, click on Operations —> System Monitor. The System Monitor window appears.

    The buttons representing each category of alarm are blue if there are no messages for that category, otherwise they are shown in the relevant color.


    Screen capture showing the alarms section of the System Monitor window.

  2. Listing the messages in each category: Click on the button for the required category of alarm. The Alarms window is displayed, showing a list of the messages for that category (with text in the corresponding color).

    The buttons representing each category of alarm are blue if there are no messages for that category, otherwise they are shown in the relevant color. To list the messages in any other category, click the appropriate button.


    Screen capture showing an example Alarms window.

    To delete all the messages in the selected category, click Delete on this window. When you have finished viewing messages, click Close.

  3. Viewing a single message: From the list in the Alarms window, click the message you wish to view . The message is displayed in the Alarm Message window:

    Screen capture of an example Alarm Message window.

    You can delete the message being viewed by clicking Delete, or to finish viewing without deleting the message, click Close.

For more information about messages and the information you see in the Alarm Message window, see the Problem Determination information. Messages are also written to the errorlog file.

You can also review alarm messages by opening the error log and using the AIX editor to review the contents of the file. For information about managing the error log, see Managing Blueworx Voice Response error logs and trace files.