RTView® EM
User Guide


Using the Platform - Component Views
These displays present the lowest level view of CMDB contents--the component level. In these displays, alert states for components are shown by Service and Area in tabular and heatmap formats, while highlighting the most critical alert state for each component. Data can be filtered by Areas, Services, Groups, Regions and Environment.

Use these displays to determine whether a component is malfunctioning. 

  • CI / Service Table: Table of CMDB contents for all component-level details by Service for all Owners, Areas, Groups, Regions and Environments (without the option to filter).
  • CI / Type Heatmap: Heatmap of CMDB contents organized by CIType, with the option to filter by Owner, Area, Group, Environment and alert Metric, and show CI Names.  
  • CI / Type Table: Table of CMDB contents for all component-level details for all Areas, Services, Groups, Regions and Environments, with the option to filter by Owner and one or all Areas, Groups and Environments. 

CI / Service Table
This table contains the contents of the CMDB, listing all CIs by Owner, Area and Group or Service.

Each row in the able is a different CI (for example, localhost;RTVMGR_DATASERVER). The row color represents the most critical alert state for the CI.  

  One or more alerts exceeded their critical threshold for the CI.
  One or more alerts exceeded their warning threshold for the CI.

Use the drop-down menus to filter data shown in the table: a different Owner, one or all Areas, Groups or Environments. Use the sort button to order column data.

For details about display title bar functionality, see Title Bar Functionality.

Number of Rows The current total number of rows in the table.
 
Owner The Owner the CI is associated with.
Area The Area the CI is associated with.
ServiceGroup The Group the CI is associated with.
ServiceName The Service the CI is associated with.
CIType The type of CI.
CIName The name or address of the CI.
Severity The maximum level of alerts for the CI. Values range from 0 to 2, where 2 is the greatest Alert Severity.
  One or more alerts exceeded their ALARM LEVEL threshold for the CI.
  One or more alerts exceeded their WARNING LEVEL threshold for the CI.
  No alert thresholds have been exceeded for the CI.
AlertCount The total number of critical and warning alerts for the CI.
OSType The operating system currently running on the CI.
Criticality The Criticality (rank of importance) specified in the Service Data Model (CMDB) by your administrator. Criticality values are listed in the Component Views / CI Service Table display, which range from A to E, where A is the highest Criticality. This value is used to determine the value for Alert Impact.
Environment The Environment for the CI.
City The name of the City for the CI.
Country The name of the Country for the CI.
Region The name of the Region for the CI.
SiteName The name of the Site for the CI.

 


CI / Type Heatmap 
View heatmap
of alert states for CIs in all or one Area, Group or Environment.

The heatmap organizes CIs by CI Type, and uses color to show the most critical alert state for each. Each rectangle in the heatmap represents a CI (for example, localhost;RTVMGR_DATASERVER). Each Metric (selected from the drop-down menu) has a color gradient bar that maps relative values to colors.  Move your mouse over a rectangle to see additional values.

Use the drop-down menus to filter data shown in the heatmap: a different Owner, a different Area, one or all Groups or Environments, as well as the alert Metric. By default, all Areas. Groups, and Environments and alert Impact are shown. Optionally show CI Names.

Double-click (or right-click and select Drill Down) a rectangle in the heatmap to view details relevant to the CI Type.

For details about display title bar functionality, see Title Bar Functionality.

Owner Select an Owner to display in the heatmap.
Area Select one or all Areas to display in the heatmap.
CIs The total number of configurable items.
Group Select one or all Groups to display in the heatmap.
Env Select one or all Environments to display in the heatmap.
CI Names Display the CI names in each heatmap rectangle.
Metric Select the metric to display in the heatmap. Each Metric has a color gradient bar that maps relative values to colors.
Alert Impact The product of the maximum Alert Severity multiplied by the maximum Criticality of alerts in a given heatmap rectangle. Values range from 0 - 10, as indicated in the color gradient bar, where 10 is the highest Alert Impact.
Alert Severity The maximum level of alerts in a given heatmap rectangle. Values range from 0 - 2, as indicated in the color gradient bar, where 2 is the highest Alert Severity.
  Metrics that have exceeded their specified ALARM LEVEL threshold have an Alert Severity value of 2. For a given heatmap rectangle, this indicates that one or more metrics have reached their alert thresholds.
 
  Metrics that have exceeded their specified WARNING LEVEL threshold have an Alert Severity value of 1. For a given heatmap rectangle, this indicates that one or more metrics have reached their warning thresholds.
 
  Metrics that have not exceeded either specified threshold have an Alert Severity value of 0. For a given heatmap rectangle, this indicates that no metrics have reached their warning or alert thresholds.
 
Alert Count The total number of critical and warning alerts in a given heatmap rectangle. The color gradient bar values range from 0 to the maximum count of alerts in the heatmap. The middle value in the gradient bar indicates the average alert count.
Criticality The maximum level of Criticality (rank of importance) in a given heatmap rectangle. Values range from 1 to 5, as indicated in the color gradient bar, where 5 is the highest Criticality.

Criticality is specified in the Service Data Model (CMDB) by your administrator. Criticality values are listed in the Component Views / CI Service Table display, which range from A to E, where A is the highest Criticality (level 5 maps to a Criticality of A and level 1 maps to a Criticality of E with equally spaced intermediate values).

 


CI / Type Table  
This table contains data for the Component Views displays.

The table lists all CIs by CIType and their alert metrics (Impact, Severity and Count) for one or all Areas, Groups or Environments.

Each row in the able is a different CI (for example, localhost;RTVMGR_DATASERVER). The row color represents the most critical alert state for the CI.

  One or more alerts exceeded their critical threshold.
  One or more alerts exceeded their warning threshold.

Use the drop-down menus to filter data shown in the table: a different Owner, one or all Areas, Groups or Environments. Use the sort button to order column data.

For details about display title bar functionality, see Title Bar Functionality.

Owner Select an Owner to display in the table.
Area Select one or all Areas to display in the table.
CI Count The total number of CIs listed in the table. This value is determined by the selections made from display drop-down menus. 

The totals number for each Environment are also shown.

Group Select one or all Groups to display in the table.
Env Select one or all Environments to display in the table.
 
CI Table This table lists all CIs for the selected Group. Each row in the table is a CI. Each CI can have multiple alerts. Click a CI to view alerts for the CI in the lower table.
CIType The type of CI.
CIName The name or address of the CI.
Severity The maximum level of alerts for the CI. Values range from 0 to 2, where 2 is the greatest Alert Severity.
  One or more alerts exceeded their ALARM LEVEL threshold for the CI.
  One or more alerts exceeded their WARNING LEVEL threshold for the CI.
  No alert thresholds have been exceeded for the CI.
Alert Count The total number of critical and warning alerts for the CI.
Alert Impact The product of the maximum Alert Severity multiplied by the maximum Criticality of alerts. Values range from 0 - 10, where 10 is the highest Alert Impact.
 

 
 
 
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