Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Threshold Query

Create a threshold query to test threshold definition settings against historical data. New queries can be run immediately or saved for future use.

1. If a Storage Center is selected from the drop-down list in Unisphere Central, click (Home).
   The Unisphere CentralHome page is displayed.
2. From the MONITORING menu, click Thresholds.
   The Thresholds view is displayed.
3. Click the Queries tab.
4. Perform the following steps to create a query filter:
   1. Click (Create Query Filter).
      The Create Query Filter dialog box opens.
   2. Type a name for the query in the Name field.
   3. (Optional) To make the query available to other Unisphere Central users, select the Public checkbox.
   4. Select whether the query is for a specific Storage Centeror all Storage Centers.
      • To select a specific Storage Center for the query, select a Storage Center from the Storage Center drop-down menu.
      • To select all of the Storage Centers for the query, select the All Storage Centers checkbox.
   5. Select type of query to create from the from the Type drop-down menu.
   6. Select the type of storage object to query from the Alert Object Type drop-down menu.
   7. Select the type of usage metric to query from the Alert Definition drop-down menu.
   8. Select the period of time to query the data from the Start Time drop-down menu.
   9. Type the threshold value that the usage metric must exceed in the Threshold Value field.
   10. To specify the number of times that the usage metric must exceed the threshold value, type a value in the Occurrences field.
       To only return results that occurred consecutively, select the Consecutive check box.
   11. Click OK.