Bulk Alerts Configuration

After configuring alert for a particular monitor, if the same configuration holds good for all other monitors of the same type, then by using Alert Template functionality you can do Bulk Alerts Configuration. Currently, Threshold and Action configurations are supported. It is very useful in cases where you want to configure identical Thresholds/Actions for a huge number of similar monitors.

For e.g., If there are ten Tomcat servers and you want to configure an email action, if the response time for Tomcat exceeds 100 seconds. The alert (Threshold and Action) is configured for one Tomcat server and by using Alert Template this configuration can be applied to all the other Tomcat servers.

Usage of Alert Template is illustrated below:

1. Click on the Alert Template link under 'Snapshot' of the particular monitor.

2. A popup opens up with two choices: Overwrite existing Threshold Configuration and Overwrite existing Action Configuration

3. If you choose to overwrite the existing Threshold Configuration, then Thresholds already associated would be overwritten with the new configuration, otherwise the old setting is retained.

4. If you choose to Overwrite existing Action Configuration, then actions already associated, are removed and the new configuration added. Otherwise new configuration is appended to the existing configuration.

5. On clicking on Apply, the alert configuration is applied across all monitors of the same Monitor Type.