Identifies the severity of the event. Event severity is
typically used in event automation plans because
it identifies potentially urgent problems requiring immediate attention.
Fields
- Any
- Specifies whether you want to filter on specific
event severities. By default, Any is selected.
You must clear the Any check box to select
one or more severity levels. You can select multiple levels of severity as filtering
criteria. The logical OR operator applies for multiple selections.
For example, if you select Fatal and Critical,
the filtering criteria matches if the originator of the event classifies
the event as Fatal or as Critical.
When selecting event severities, consider the following
definitions.
Note: The following event severity level fields are listed
in the order of most severe to least severe.
- Fatal
- The source of the event has already caused the program to fail
and should be resolved before the program is restarted.
- Critical
- The source of the event might cause program failure and should
be resolved immediately.
- Minor
- The source of the event should not cause immediate program failure,
but should be resolved.
- Warning
- The source of the event is not necessarily problematic, but might
warrant investigation.
- Informational
- The event was generated for information only. Most events of this
severity do not indicate potential problems. However, offline events
are categorized as informational, and these events can indicate
potential problems.
- Unknown
- The application that generated the event did not assign a severity
level.