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Event attributes

An event has the following attributes:

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The Events view allows users to find out what is happening in Abiquoon the platform.

To open the Events view, click on the Events icon  in   in the main menu bar. To add new events as they arrive, select the Update automatically checkbox. Otherwise, you must refresh the list manually. 

To display the event details in the panel below the event list, double-click on an event. 

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Event viewing can be restricted from no event privileges to events for the current enterprise onlyDepending on user privileges, you may not be allowed to view events, or you may be able to view events for your tenant.

If the events you expected to display do not appear in Events view, check with your System Administrator.

To add new events to the list as they arrive, select the Update automatically checkbox. Otherwise, the list will refresh when you open the view.

Double-click on an event to see the event detail in the panel below the event list

The event list

The event list has the following columns:

Column

Description

Source

Attribute

Description

Entity

The system object that is the source of the event or error

and its full hierarchy

. For example,

en event about deploying a VM could show the name of the virtual appliance and the virtual datacenter it belongs to.SeverityThe severity of the event. Can be INFO, WARN or ERROR

it could be a VIRTUAL_APPLIANCEfor a group of virtual machines.

Entity name

The name of the system object that is the source of the event or error, for example, myVirtualAppliance.

ActionThe action that generated the event, for example, DELETE. See
Entity and Action Tables
Events Table

Performed by

The user who performed the Action, for example, admin.

SeverityThe severity of the event. Can be INFO, WARN or ERROR

Date/time

The date and time when the event was generated.

Message

Additional information about the event. See Events Table for more details.

UserThe user affected by the action

Trace

Additional information about the event that will display in the system logs.

 

The traces displayed in Events view are also found in the Logs, which are documented in the Troubleshooting section of the Abiquo Administrator's Guide. See Abiquo Logs, especially catalina.out 

ContextThe identifier of a group of related events. This attribute is in the event detail but not in the event list.


Event context

When you view the event detail, the platform will display the context of the event. The context is an ID that the platform assigns to each event in a group of related events. For example, if you undeploy a virtual appliance, the platform will create events for the undeploy of each VM, the destruction of the related hard disks, and the release of the NICs. And the platform will assign the context ID to each of these events. You can filter by context to display this group of events.

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Filtering events

To make it easier to find a specific event, use the filter tool. Click the filter button  at the top right of Events view. Enter your filter criteria and click Accept. To remove the filter, click Clear at the bottom of the popup.

Basic event filtering

Basic event filtering enables you to filter with the following fields:

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When events are filtered, the text (events filtered)  will be displayed next to the filter button.

Event fieldDescription
Severity
EntityPull-down list of
Severity types
Entities
ActionPull-down list of Actions
from Entity and Action TablesPerformed by
Entity nameThe name of the entity. The Name field may contain the UUID or the friendly name of the entity
SeverityPull-down list of event severity. See Events View#Severity table
UserThe name of the user who performed the action
EnterpriseThe tenant that the event occurred in
Date from
Start
Calendar selection for start date in format YYYY/MM/DD
Date to
End
Calendar selection for end date in format YYYY/MM/DD
EnterpriseEnterprise

 

Advanced event filtering

Click "See more" on the basic filter panel to filter on more fields. You can search for events related to specific entities.
MessageThe message field will contain the details of the event, including the friendly name. See Events Table

Examples of events filter

To filter alarm events by name, enter the friendly name of the alarm in the "Message" field of the filter. Note that the Name field contains the UUID of the alarm.

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To display all the events related to an event, select the event, copy the context ID and filter by context.

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Severity table

Events on the Abiquo platform are classified into three severity categories: info, warning and error. 

Severity

Description

INFO

General information events for the user as part of the normal use of the platform

WARNING

Warning about an abnormal situation that does not block normal use of the platform

ERROR

Error that blocks the normal use of the platform

Component List

These values can be used to filter the events by Component.

  • PLATFORM
  • DATACENTER
  • RACK
  • MACHINE
  • VIRTUAL_STORAGE
  • STORAGE_POOL
  • STORAGE_DEVICE
  • ENTERPRISE
  • USER
  • ROLE
  • ROLE_LDAP
  • VIRTUAL_APPLIANCE
  • VIRTUAL_MACHINE
  • VOLUME
  • NETWORK
  • APPLIANCE_MANAGER
  • IMAGE_CONVERTER
  • LICENSE_MANAGER
  • PERSISTENT_CONVERTER
  • INSTANCE_CONVERTER
  • API
  • WORKLOAD
  • HIGH_AVAILABILITY
  • PRICING_TEMPLATE
  • COSTCODE_CURRENCY
  • COSTCODE
  • UCS

Storage System List

These values can be used to filter the Events list by Storage System:

  • GENERIC_ISCSI
  • LVM
  • NETAPP
  • NEXENTA

Entity and Action Tables

The entity and action tables show events that will be displayed for Cloud Users, with a basic cloud user role and privileges.

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Events table

The Events Table describes all the actions that can be performed on each entity and the event that they can generate on the platform. For example, for the Action plan entity, you can perform the Create, Modify and Delete actions, and events will also be generated when you run an action plan.