Event Filter Builder window: Severity page

This topic describes the Event Filter Builder window: Severity page in IBM Director.

Explanation

Identifies the urgency of the event. Severity is typically used in action plans because it identifies potentially urgent problems requiring immediate attention.

You can select multiple levels of severity as filtering criteria. Logical OR 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.

Severity levels in the order of most severe to least severe are:
Fatal
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the source of the event has already caused the program to fail and should be resolved before the program is restarted.
Critical
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the source of the event may cause program failure and should be resolved immediately.
Minor
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the source of the event should not cause immediate program failure, but should be resolved.
Warning
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the source of the event is not necessarily problematic, but may warrant investigation.
Harmless
The application that issued the event has assigned a severity level indicating that the event is for information only; no potential problems should occur.
Unknown
The application that generated the event did not assign a severity level.

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