Event Console reduces the need to maintain separate tools to monitor computers, software, printers, and other devices. Event Console collects SNMP traps and other status messages and displays them in a single location. All status messages that are received by Event Console are converted to a common format that links each received message to the affected resource in the CMDB. These formatted messages are called alerts.

See the following sections for information about this release:

Features of Event Console 7.0 SP1

The following are features of this release:

Consolidated alert management in a single event console 

Alert management shows a consolidated view of device health across your network. Health is viewed by network layout, by organization group, or by directly monitoring the list of received alerts in the Event Console.

The event console displays alerts from many sources. These sources could include but are not limited to:

    • SNMP Traps
    • ASF Alarms
    • AMT Alarms
    • IPMI Alarms
    • WS-Man notifications
    • WMI notifications

Event Console provides a rule-based triggering system which lets you process alerts in the following ways:

    • Launch task server tasks in response to specific alerts.
    • Prevent specific alerts from being stored in the alert database.
    • Forward alerts to another management system.

Each alert is color coded based on priority. You can filter alerts according to criteria. These criteria can include for example, data range, host name, alarm type, severity or status.

A double-click on any alert provides a pop-up with more details about the alert. Each alert has its own unique set of details depending on the source. For instance Monitor Solution alerts have data from the rule definition and the associated metric, this data is often predictable. In the case of SNMP traps the alert details are specified in the associated MIB.

You can right-click on an alert and “acknowledge” it. This signifies that the alert is known and can safely be ignored while it is worked on.

Resolved or Normal events are displayed in the event console and are colored as green. This is useful information for server/NOC technicians as it provides positive confirmation that an alert condition has been resolved or has entered a normal state. You can configure an interval for which normal events are resolved.

Known Issues with Event Console 7.0 SP1

The following are unresolved issues in this release:

Known Issue Article ID Internal ID

"Time of day" is not working for Alert Forward rules and Alert Tasks rules

 45977 ET 1531994

An upgrade of Event Console returns the settings to default 

Following an upgrade of the Event Console, you must reconfigure the Event Console Settings and the Event Console Purging Settings to contain any previous custom settings. This step is necessary because an upgrade of Event Console returns these settings to the default settings.
   

Unhandled server side exception in IIS causes ‘Data cannot be loaded error’

To work around this issue: first check the database status, then close the message and refresh the page. 
                   
When resolving alerts, use the "Close" button and not the "X" icon

When Resolving or Acknowledging an Alert via its Alert Details popup, if you close the pop-up via the x in the top-right corner of the page as opposed to the Close button, the Resolved or Acknowledged icon will not show up in the Event Console. As a consequence, the Resolve and Acknowledge action buttons and menu items under Actions will not be properly disabled if that Alert is selected. Refreshing the Event Console page will get the proper icon to appear and properly disable Resolve or Acknowledge actions.

   
The Alert Rule Settings page has issues with refreshing rule status

On all three Rules tabs, the status of your Rules (On/Off) does not update in the list of rules unless you navigate away from the Alert Rule Settings page and return, force a refresh of the page, or if you use the refresh button at the top right corner of the tab.

Switching between tabs does not cause the list of rules to refresh.

    
The Event Console View web part jitters around after initial installation

To resolve this issue, either refresh the page or close and re-open the Symantec Management Console. This is a display problem only and data is not affected.

    
Multiple alerts cannot be resolved or acknowledge if not on the same page

You cannot acknowledge multiple alerts at once if the alerts are not displayed within the same page.

    
If Event Console services are not running alerts will not be received in the database

To work around this issue, you must restart the Event Console service.

    
SNMP Traps might not be received by Event Console

Event Console should be able to receive SNMP traps out of the box. If not, check the following:

    • Make sure the Event Receiver and the Event Engine Services are started.
    • Make sure that the Windows SNMP Trap Service is not running. If it is, stop it and restart the EC services.
    • Make sure that Any Host is selected on the security tab of the properties of the SNMP Service.
    • Make sure there is not a filter rule without criteria/conditions. Only creating a filter rule with no criteria will filter ALL alerts.
   
Windows SNMP Service must be turned off in order for Event Console to receive SNMP events

The built-in Windows SNMP service prevents the event receiver from receiving SNMP traps, and should be stopped on the computer hosting your Notification Server. 
   
The context menu might close while you are working in it 

The Event Console could refresh while you are working in the Context Menu. If this occurs, the menu will close and you must re-open the context menu.
   
The right-click context menu might not react to your curser

When working with the Web parts in the portal pages for EC, Group View and Topology, a right-click will bring up a context menu, however to get the context menu to react to your curser, you must move your cursor slightly to the right of the menu.
   
You cannot delete the Purge Policy Schedule even though the user interface includes a Delete option

When working with the Purge Policy Schedule, within the Jobs and Tasks interface, there are Delete options present. However, if you attempt to delete the Purge Policy Schedule, you will receive an error and the Delete will fail. The Purge Policy Schedule, by design, cannot be deleted. Please ignore the delete option.

    
When non-English regional settings are used in Internet Explorer, but the operating system is set to English, then some localized strings in the user interface may not appear

To work around this issue, make sure that the Operating System's localization settings match the settings in Internet Explorer.

   
Event Console Report issues when using non-English and non-Japanese regional settings

If you are using non-English or non-Japanese regional settings, then the following reports do not return data:

  • Most Active Hosts
  • Alert History
  • Alerts by Category
   
KNOWN ISSUE: Event Console view cannot be opened in remote resource client manager
 45456  
KNOWN ISSUE: Event Console Filter reset option does not reset
 45464  
   
Issue with Alert purging when Dell Management Console and Dell Client Manager are installed together on same maching. Alert purging keys off of the database server’s system time. If this differs from the NS server’s system time, then a purging delay of up to 1 day may be experienced.

For more information see knowledgebase article 46002. 

 46002  

 

Imported Document ID: DOC1742
Legacy ID: 45234

DOC1741
Symantec™ Management Platform 7.0 SP1 Release Notes
Last Updated September 21, 2010

DOC2140
Altiris™ Event Console 7.1 from Symantec Release Notes
Last Updated August 26, 2012

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