"Informative" Policy for Drives Example
This example policy generates alerts for drives that require attention because they have ACTION or EVALUATE health, but with the Informative severity.
Policy entity: Drives
Policy severity: Informative – alerts are generated only once.
Policy criteria: Drive Health Indicator is ACTION, or Drive Health Indicator is EVALUATE.
| Time/Events | Evaluation | Result |
|---|---|---|
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05:00:171 The policy is created and enabled. Drive 1 health is EVALUATE. Drive 2 health is MONITOR. |
The policy is evaluated for all drives and matched for Drive 1 but not Drive 2. |
An alert is generated for Drive 1 and emails sent to the defined recipients. No additional alerts will be generated by this policy for this drive. No alert for Drive 2. |
|
08:12:24 Drive 1 health goes to ACTION. Drive 2 health is still MONITOR. |
The policy is evaluated for all drives and matched for Drive 1 but not Drive 2. |
No new alert for Drive 1. No alert for Drive 2. |
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13:37:01 Drive 1 health is still ACTION. Drive 2 health goes to EVALUATE. |
The policy is evaluated for all drives and matched for both Drive 1 and Drive 2. |
No new alert for Drive 1. An alert is generated for Drive 2 and emails sent to the defined recipients. No additional alerts will be generated by this policy for this drive. |
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05:01:03 Drive 1 health is still ACTION. Drive 2 health goes to USE. |
The policy is evaluated for all drives and matched for Drive 1 but not Drive 2. |
No new alerts for Drive 1 nor Drive 2. |