Hello everyone,
I would like to ask if anyone knows a way to link the masked state between elements.
Disclaimer: I am new to dataminer and don’ t know much about it yet.
Background:
In our environment we have a lot of elements belonging to the same physical device, causing alarms to be triggered if an element is being overlooked for masking (e.g. ping monitoring for installed OS + iDrac + connected switch).
Due to theses circumstances we always find ourselves having to look up every related element of a single device and mask/unmask them for every maintenance. Hence, I was wondering if there is a smart way to link all related elements so that when e.g. element A is masked, element B and element C are masked as well. Once element A is unmasked I also want all related elements to be unmasked as well. Is there a way of grouping the elements in a way to make this possible or link the masked state somehow?
-> We have achieved the above using a script and grouping elements together in a view, but I feel like we are overlooking an easier and better way of achieving this.
I would be glad to hear about any ideas. Thank you.
Hi Kai,
Since you are dealing with multiple elements, I believe a possible here option is to use services to group logically these elements (instead of views). In this case, a service will represent the ‘physical device’ that you would like to monitor.
With services you can map specific parameters from different elements that could impact the service Furthermore, you can implement additional logic to include/exclude alarms from mapped parameters.
P.S. There is an option to convert a view to a service (see Upgrade to service)
Hope it helps.
Hi Miguel, thank you for your reply!
I think services are what we are looking for. Will look into it and tell you about my findings. Thanks!
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