Status Summaries - Computer Summary Report


The computer summary report provides an "at a glance" indication of system health across all connected computers. Essentially, it is a composite Key Indicators report, displaying status information for alerts, processor load, memory usage, available disk space and failed services in an easy to review grid. Each metric within the report is colour coded to indicate the severity of the problem, if any.

 Error or failure. The information could not be obtained.
 Critical. A serious problem that should be resolved immediately.
 Warning. A problem that warrants attention.
 Normal. Value is within normal limits.
 Not available. The information is not currently available.

For each computer, colour-coded severity indicators are always displayed. Clicking the » next to the computer will display a second row of information that gives the underlying numeric or textual data for each status indicator. Clicking on the description of the computer drills down to the computer itself.

Alerts

This metric displays the number of new and acknowledged alerts. If any new alerts are present, the status is deemed critical, if any acknowledged alerts are present, but no new alerts, the status is a warning.

System Up Time

The system up time metric displays the system up time in days and hours. It will never indicate a warning or critical state.

CPU Load

The CPU load metric displays an indication of average CPU utilisation over a period of time, rather than an instantaneous value. A high load will be displayed as a warning state, and a very high loads as a critical state. The thresholds used to determine the state are set using the thresholds & filters configuration.

This metric will not be available if insufficient data has been collected (for example shortly after system start-up) for an accurate average to be calculated.

Memory Load

The memory load metric displays an indication of how the memory in the computer is being used. A high load will be displayed as a warning state, and a very high loads as a critical state. The thresholds used to determine the state are set using the thresholds & filters configuration.

Disks

The free space on all fixed, non-removable disks is displayed, with one metric for each disk. óA warning state indicates a reduced disk capacity, and a critical state indicates a nearly full disk. The thresholds used to determine the state are set using the thresholds & filters configuration.

One column is displayed for each drive letter on each computer. Since some computers will have fewer drives than others, information for drives not present on a particular computer will be displayed with a dash.

Failed Services

A failed service is any service which is set to automatic start-up but which is not currently running. Note that this may include services not monitored by the ServerAssist service monitoring facility. If there are any failed services, this metric is displayed as a critical state.

Performance Items

The performance items section includes any collected performance item for which two thresholds have been set, and which is configured in system monitoring to be monitored via the key indicators.