System default parameters

System defaults are system-wide settings that affect the
Global Manager
and its clients. system-default-parameters.html#GUID-950F7FBB-ABD1-4B77-9DB7-960DC0F9457B-en__SA_CONFIG_PARAMS_46325 describes the System Defaults parameters.
System Defaults parameters
Parameter
Description
Auto Acknowledgement Interval
Defines interval, in seconds, after which an inactive and unowned notification is acknowledged. Notifications that are acknowledged by the Global Manager are owned by the user SYSTEM.
Default
: 300 seconds
Inactive Auto Archive Interval
Defines interval, in seconds, after which an inactive and acknowledged notification is archived. If this value is set to zero, archiving is disabled and notifications will not be deleted, causing Global Manager to use more memory.
Default
: 14400 seconds (4 hours)
Audit Trail Size Limit
Defines the number of audit log entries for each notification that are saved and visible in the Global Console before the log contents are archived. When this limit is reached, half of the entries are written to the notification archive.
Default
: 100 entries
SMTP Server
Defines the name of the SMTP mail server through which mail messages sent by the Global Console’s Mail tool are sent. This mail server must be reachable from the host where the Global Manager is running. This value can be overridden in the Global Console.
Default
: “localhost”
Fetch Local Notification Properties
Defines how the properties of a particular notification are retrieved when requested by a client application. Client applications include the Global Console, the dmctl utility, and adapters.
If set to “true”, properties are retrieved from the Global Manager. If set to “false”, properties are retrieved from the Global Manager and from the underlying domain.
Default
: False
RMI Time Out
Defines the maximum amount of time, in seconds, the Global Manager is allotted to retrieve Notification Properties, Find System, or get System Containment information from an underlying domain. If a negative value is specified, no time-out value is set.
Default
: 60 seconds
Number Of Worker Threads
Defines the number of worker threads used by the escalation mechanism in executing tools associated with escalation levels in escalation paths. Increase the number of threads if the escalation mechanism falls behind in executing tools for escalation levels. Valid values are 1 - 10.
Default
: 2
Broadcast Event State on Restart
Defines whether notifications that result from internal Global Manager events are propagated to clients that subscribe to them. Internal Global Manager events include system disconnects and system reconfigurations. If set to True, notifications resulting from internal Global Manager events are propagated. If set to False, the events are not propagated.
Example:
In the case of the value being TRUE in a hierarchical SAM configuration, notifications at presentation level SAM will go to ‘Suspended’ state if there is a disconnect between aggregation level SAM and a source domain. This will happen because aggregation SAM will broadcast the notification state change from Active to WAS_ACTIVE. In the case of the value being False, the notifications in the aggregation SAM will change to WAS_ACTIVE, but no change will be sent to presentation level SAM. When aggregation SAM reconnects to the source domain events it will send clears for notifications that are no longer active.
When configuring this parameter, the value must be identical for all Service Assurance Manager servers within your
Service Assurance Manager
deployment. For changes to this parameter configuration to take effect, the
Service Assurance Manager
servers must be restarted.
For optimum benefit, configure this parameter as early in your
Service Assurance Manager
deployment as possible, before all source domains are added to the
Service Assurance Manager
server. The quickest way to apply this parameter configuration is to restart the
Service Assurance Manager
server. However, if you are configuring this parameter in a production environment, apply the parameter configuration to the
Service Assurance Manager
server by making a minimal change to the configuration of each of the underlying source domain types, and clicking the
Reconfigure
button. One example of a minimal configuration change is to modify the value for the Smoothing Interval parameter. A minimal configuration change is required for each domain type. This results in the
Service Assurance Manager
server disconnecting from each underlying domain, rereading all the settings including the new modification, and then reconnecting to the underlying domains.
Default
: True
Hierarchical Acknowledge
Defines whether acknowledging or unacknowledging a notification in the server sends the acknowledge (or unacknowledged) information to the underlying servers. If set to True, the notification in the underlying servers are also acknowledged or unacknowledged. If set to False, the notification in the underlying servers are not changed.
Default
: True
Companion UI Hostname
Defines the location of the related Companion UI vApp. The accepted values are the Domain Name System (DNS) host or the IP address of the vApp (for example, companionUI or companionUI.mycompany.com).
Use DNS Lookup in This Domain
Defines whether the system performs Domain Name System (DNS) searches when searching for computer systems. If set to True, the system queries the DNS in this domain.
When performing a DNS search, perform the search from the Adapter Platform (OI).
Default
: True
Use DNS Lookup in Underlying Domains
Defines whether the system performs Domain Name when searching for computer systems. If set to True, the system queries the DNS in underlying domains.
Default
: True
Use DNS Domains in DNS Lookup
Defines whether DNS domains are used when the system performs a DNS search. If set to false, only original domain names are used during the DNS search.
Default
: False
DNS Domain Names
Defines the list of domain names the system uses when performing a DNS search.
When entering multiple domain names, separate each domain name with a comma.
Underlying Domains Order
Defines the order in which the underlying domains are searched.
When entering multiple domain names, separate each domain name with a comma.
Fully Qualified Domain Name Suffixes
Defines which domain names returned as a result of performing a DNS search are considered to be fully qualified. Domain names matching suffixes entered in this parameter are considered fully qualified.