Creating an Alarm Rule

Creating an Alarm Rule Using Cloud Eye

1. Log in to the Cloud Eye console.
2. Under Management & Deployment, select Cloud Eye. In the navigation pane, choose Alarm Management > Alarm Rules.
3. On the displayed page, click Create Alarm Rule in the upper right corner.
4. On the displayed Create alarm rule page, configure the parameters.
   1. Set Name and Description.
      Parameters for configuring the rule name and description

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Name	Name of the alarm rule. Cloud Eye will generate a random name, but you can modify it.	alarm-cgnw
      Description	Alarm rule description. This parameter is optional.	-

   2. Configure alarm content parameters.
      • If you select Cloud Backup and Recovery for Resource Type, vaults are monitored with two metrics. Table 1 describes the parameters.

        Table 1 Parameters

        Parameter	Description	Example Value
        Resource Type	Cloud Backup and Recovery is selected in this example.	Cloud Backup and Recovery
        Dimension	Monitoring dimension. By default, monitoring is performed by vault.	Vault
        Monitoring Scope	Choose the vaults you want to monitor from the list.	vault-56f8
        Method	You can create an alarm rule by using the template or manually creating it. NOTE: If you set Monitoring Scope to Specific resources, you can set Method to Use template.	Use template
        Template	Template to be used.	-
        Alarm Policy	Policy for triggering an alarm. If you set Resource Type to a specific cloud service, the alarm policy takes effect periodically. If you set Resource Type to Event Monitoring, the alarm policy takes effect based on specific events. Currently, the following CBR monitoring metrics are supported: Vault Usage Used Vault Size	-
        Alarm Severity	Alarm severity, which can be Critical, Major, Minor, or Informational.	Major

      • If you set Resource Type to Event Monitoring, CBR resources are monitored based on specific events. Table 2 describes the parameters.

        Table 2 Parameters

        Parameter	Description	Example Value
        Resource Type	Event Monitoring is selected in this example.	Event Monitoring
        Dimension	Metric dimension of the selected resource type.	System event
        Monitoring Scope	Monitoring scope for event monitoring. Default value: All resources	-
        Method	Select Configure manually.	Configure manually
        Alarm Policy	Policy for triggering an alarm. Table 3 lists the supported CBR events that trigger alarms.	-

        Table 3 CBR events that trigger alarms

        Event Name	Severity	Description	Solution	Impact
        Backup creation failed	Critical	The backup creation failed.	Manually create a backup or contact the administrator.	Data may be lost.
        Resource restoration from a backup failed	Critical	The resource restoration from a backup failed.	Restore the resource using another backup or contact the administrator.	Data may be lost.
        Backup deletion failed	Critical	The backup deletion failed.	Try again later or contact the administrator.	Billing may be abnormal.
        Vault deletion failed	Critical	The vault deletion failed.	Try again later or contact the administrator.	Billing may be abnormal.
        Replication failure	Critical	The backup replication failed.	Try again later or contact the administrator.	Data may be lost.
        Backup task created	Major	The backup task was created.	None	None
        Resource restored from a backup	Major	The resource was successfully restored from a backup.	Check that data is successfully restored.	None
        Backup deleted	Major	The backup was deleted successfully.	None	None
        Vault deleted	Major	The vault was deleted successfully.	None	None
        Replication success	Major	The backup was replicated successfully.	None	None

        

        You can change the alarm severity as needed.

   3. Configure alarm notifications.

      Table 4 Parameters for configuring alarm notifications

      Parameter	Description	Example Value
      Alarm Notification	Whether to notify users when alarms are triggered. Notifications can be sent by email or text message, or through HTTP/HTTPS request to servers. You can enable (recommended) or disable Alarm Notification.	-
      Notification Window	Cloud Eye sends notifications only within the notification window specified in the alarm rule. If Notification Window is set to 00:00-8:00, Cloud Eye sends alarm notifications only within 00:00-8:00.	-
      Notification Object	The name of the topic the alarm notification is to be sent to. If you enable alarm notification, you need to select a topic. If no desirable topics are available, create one and subscribe to it first. For details about how to create a topic, see the Simple Message Notification User Guide.	-
      Trigger Condition	The condition for triggering the alarm notification. You can select Generated alarm, Cleared alarm, or both.	-

   4. Click Create.

After the alarm rule is created, if the metric data reaches the specified threshold or there is a CBR event, Cloud Eye immediately informs you that an exception has occurred. For details, see the Cloud Eye User Guide.