Configuring Alarm Settings

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You can set the severity and notifications for each alarm using MCS and the CLI.

Configuring Alarm Settings Using the MapR Control System

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To configure alarm setting in MCS:

Procedure

  1. Log in to MCS and click Admin > Cluster Settings > Alarms.
  2. Select:
    • Cluster Alarms to configure settings for the alarms that affect the cluster as a whole
    • Node Alarms to configure settings for the alarms that indicate problems on individual nodes
    • Table Alarms to configure settings for the alarms that indicate table replication-related problems
    • User Alarms to configure settings for the alarms that indicate problems with user or group quotas
    • Volume Alarms to configure settings for the alarms that indicate problems in individual volumes
  3. Click on the name of the alarm to display the Alarm Settings window.
  4. Specify a description of the alarm under GENERAL settings.
  5. Configure alarm notifications (under NOTIFICATIONS) to allow MapR to send an email notification when the alarm is raised.
    1. Select (to enable) or deselect (to disable) Email Notifications checkbox.
    2. If notifications is enabled, enter user name or group name to send email out to when the alarm is raised and click Add.
      See Setting Up SMTP for additional information.

Configuring Alarm Settings Using the CLI or REST API

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To set up alarm notifications, run the alarm config save command from the command line.

WARNING: You must have fc (full control) or a (admin) permissions to run this command.

The format of the command is:

maprcli alarm config save -cluster <cluster_name> -values "<alarm>,<enableEmail>,<email>"

Assign values as follows:

Value Description Example
alarm Name of the alarm DISK_FAILURE_ALARM
enableEmail

Specifies whether individual alarm notifications are sent to any email address (including the default email address) for the alarm type.

  • 0 - do not send notifications to any email address for the alarm type
  • 1 - send notifications to all email addresses for the alarm type
 1
email One or more email addresses other than the default email address. If specified, alarm notifications are sent to these addresses as well, if enableEmail is set to 1. Multiple email addresses must be separated by spaces only. You cannot use commas or other delimiters. For example, user1@mycorp.com user2@mycorp.com is valid. user1@mycorp.com