You can monitor triggered alerts on the Alerts tab. This topic explains how to analyze alerts that appear in the tab. For information about configuring alerts, see Configuring alert definitions.
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When the Microsoft Forefront TMG Control service is restarted or the Forefront TMG computer restarts, all alerts are automatically reset. |
Viewing alerts
To view alerts
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In the Forefront TMG Management console tree, click the Monitoring node. Then click the Alerts tab.
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In the details pane, click to expand an alert group, and then select the triggered alert. The following information is displayed for each alert:
- Alert name—The name of the alert
definition.
- Latest—The date and time that the alert was
issued.
- Status—The alert status shows whether the
alert has been acknowledged. Events that are not acknowledged have
a status of "New".
- Category—Specifies whether the alert was
issued by the Firewall service.
- Server—Specifies the Forefront TMG server
that issued the alert.
Note:
Information about each alert can also be viewed in the Windows Event Viewer. - Alert name—The name of the alert
definition.
Managing alerts
To manage alerts
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In the Forefront TMG Management console tree, click the Monitoring node. Then click the Alerts tab.
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You can manage alerts as follows:
- By default, the alerts pane is automatically
updated at regular intervals. To change the setting, on the
Tasks tab, select a value in Automatic Refresh
Rate.
- To force a manual refresh of alerts appearing
on the page, click Refresh Now on the Tasks tab.
- To reset an alert, select the alert in the
details pane, and then click Reset Selected Alerts. This
removes it from the Alerts tab.
- To acknowledge an alert, select the alert in
the details pane, and then, on the Tasks tab, click
Acknowledge Selected Alerts. This indicates that you are
handling a specific alert, or group of alerts. The status of these
alerts is changed to "Acknowledged", and the alerts are no longer
displayed on the Dashboard tab.
- To edit or add a new alert, on the
Tasks tab, click Configure Alert Definitions. For
instructions on how to define or modify alerts, see Configuring alert
definitions.
- By default, the alerts pane is automatically
updated at regular intervals. To change the setting, on the
Tasks tab, select a value in Automatic Refresh
Rate.
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