Health The Heath Tab shows the health of the system. Probes represent the health of each component on the system. A component can have one or more probes representing various health aspects of the component. For example, each pool will have a probe for the status of the pool as well as a probe for the capacity of the pool. When a probe detects an issue, it will create alarms that can be viewed in the Health Tab. Each alarm has an associated severity. Currently, alarm severities include Warning, Error, and Critical. The behavior of an alarm depends on the type of probe that generated the alarm. There are currently two types of probes. The first (and most common) type of probe is a sensor. Sensors generate alarms based on a measured value. Alarms caused by sensor probes will automatically clear themselves once the condition that caused the alarm has ceased. The other type of probe is a Log probe. Log probes generate alarms based on values observed from a log file on the system. Unlike sensor probes, alarms generated by log probes do not resolve themselves. Instead, they must be explicitly acknowledged by the operator. Accessing the Health Tab To access the Health tab, complete the following steps: In the Connections pane, select an appliance. In the Details pane, select the Health tab. By default, probes are grouped by the component associated with the probe. To show each probe individually, uncheck the Group by Component checkbox at the top of the Health tab. The list of probes can also be filtered by alarm severity or name. Clicking on the Minimum Severity dropdown allows you to change the minimum alarm severity (or select All to show all probes, including those without any alarms). To filter by a name, enter the name of the probe in the Search box. To show muted probes, check the Show Muted checkbox. Health Tasks Showing Probe Details To show probe details, locate the probe in the probe table. Click on the symbol to expand the probe details. Clicking on the symbol will collapse the probe details. Clicking on the Details button will open a window displaying a JSON definition of the probe (including the event history). To copy the probe details as JSON to the clipboard, click the Copy button. Acknowledging an Alarm Unlike sensor-based probes, log-based probes must be acknowledged to clear an alarm. To acknowledge an alarm, complete the following steps: Locate the probe corresponding to the alarm in the probe table. Click on the gear () icon besides the component name. Select Ack. Muting a Probe Muting a probe prevents webhooks from being invoked as well as prevents email alerts from being sent. To mute a probe, complete the following steps: Locate the probe to mute in the probe table. Click on the gear icon () beside the component name. Select Mute Select the desired duration to mute the probe. This can be forever (until explicitly unmuted) or for a duration of up to a year. By default, the probe will be unmuted if the severity of the probe changes. To disable this behavior, uncheck the Unmute if severity changes box. Click Mute Alternatively, one can expand the probe details and click the Mute button from the expanded probe details. Pruning A Stale Probe When a probe stops reporting data, it becomes stale. This is a rare occurrence and normally shouldn’t be encountered. When this does occur, a Prune option will appear when clicking the gear () icon. Clicking on the Prune option will remove the stale probe. Configuring SMTP Mail Settings Email notifications can be configured within the BrickStor SP manager with a variety of use-cases. To set up and configure mail settings, navigate to the Health tab, and click the Email Notifications button. Hourly reports are sent out at the top of each hour. If the system is rebooted, the first hourly report will be sent at the top of the next hour following the reboot. Deleting an hourly report before it is scheduled to arrive will stop its arrival until the next hourly report is created. Daily reports are sent out starting at 00:00:01 GMT Weekly reports are sent at 00:00:01GM every saturday. The following page presents an abbreviated list of Report Groups by which email notifications may be configured. To view an inclusive list of all Report Groups, click the Reports Hidden - Show All button. To configure a subscriber for any Report Groups, click the + button at the top right of each group box. The following page will prompt for a subscriber’s address to be entered, as well as a list of options regarding report format and frequency. Similarly, the ability to add Subscribers is also present by clicking the Add Subscriber button. The following page shows a list of all available subscriptions, as well as email frequency and format settings. To view the SMTP Settings, click the SMTP Settings button. The following page will present, allowing the entrance of a hostname or IP. Port number may be configured by entering the desired port where prompted. The option to configure the mail from address is found below, and defaults to brickstor@racktoplabs.com. To see an advanced list of settings, click Show Advanced. The following page allows for a more nuanced curation of the subscriber emails. The options are as follows: Reply To - Ensure each address is separated by a new line. Subject Template - A list of accepted parameters are found below, they are as follows: Class Title Hostname Serial Severity Frequency Content Header Content Footer Email Headers - Ensure each value is separated by a new line. Once email settings are configured, the option to send a test email is available by clicking the Send Test Email button.