Managing alerts
Effective alerting is contingent on diligently configuring and customizing applicable nodes. By default, alerting is preconfigured by SolarWinds SAM in a logical and useful manner. All that is really necessary for effective alerting is to forward suitable alerts to e-mail, and make minor alterations to designated alerts.
Procedures in this section explain how to review alerts and point alerts to e-mail by using the Orion web console, and Advanced Alert Manager application.
Reviewing and modifying alerts
All triggered alerts will be logged and displayed in the Orion web console under Alerts, accessible from the HomeTab toolbar. As with Events, Traps, and Syslog, Alerts can also be accessed via the Message Center tab.
Alerts will appear as unacknowledged, or can be flagged Acknowledged by checking the box next to them, then clicking on the Acknowledge Alerts button. This is one reason to complete the procedures mentioned in the Active Directory integration section of Chapter 2...