Analysis Server Alerts and Notifications
The Analysis Server provides an alert and notification system associated with portlets. These alerts and notifications assist subscribers (usually administrators) in monitoring license activity, server health, and user behavior.
Below is an overview of the alert and notification categories:
User Denials
This alerts the subscriber about users who have been denied license access due to insufficient resources. This alert provides details such as check time, Vendor License, Application Name, User ID, Denials, and the reason associated with user denials.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about the denied licenses with details such as User IDs jdelacruz and jdoe. The users are denied access because the maximum number of available licenses has been maxed out.
License Server Down
This alert reports when a server loses communication with the system. It provides details such as Check Time, Server Name, and Last Seen Timestamp.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about inactive servers, such as ZXIDTYASIA092, with their respective last-seen timestamps.
Long Checkout
This alert assists the subscriber in tracking users who have held licenses beyond a specified duration. It provides details such as Check Time, Product, Feature, Checkout Time, User Name, and Host Name associated with the long checkout.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber that user HVNA1AH-ABCService held licenses for more than the specified time.
Sustained Max/Hour
This alert flags applications running at 100% license utilization for extended periods. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Product, Feature, Max Available Licenses, License In-use, and Current Utilization.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about the sustained usage for applications such as ASProduct001 with features Featureabc at full capacity.
License Expiration
This alert warns the subscriber about licenses nearing their expiration dates. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Product, Feature, Feature Version, Expiration Date, and Days Remaining.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about expiring licenses, such as StructurePoint-spColumn, which has only one day remaining before expiration.
License Hogs
This alert helps the subscriber identify users who are consuming multiple licenses. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Product, Feature, Used Licenses, User Name, and Full Name.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber that users such as Doe.John were consuming as many as 241 licenses for Featureabc under product ASProduct001.
Application Denials
This alert notifies the subscriber about the applications that have been denied access due to constraints. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Vendor License, Application Name, and the number of denials.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about denials for applications such as ACS5II, showing repeated access failures.
Approaching Max
This alert assists the subscriber in identifying applications nearing maximum license capacity. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Product, Feature, Max Available Licenses, and Current Utilization.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about the application ccf1a3011;jlm with varying features at 100% utilization, indicating full resource usage.
License Daemon Down
This alert reports when a daemon becomes unresponsive or loses connection with the system. This alert provides details such as Check Time, Server, Daemon, and the timestamp when the daemon went offline.
In this example, the email alert notifies the subscriber about daemons such as daemon01 on server ZXIDTYASIA092, with timestamps indicating when communication was lost.
The check time field is not always present in email alerts and notifications; it appears only when the user sets up a custom alert schedule.
The table below provides a concise overview of the notification events in the Analysis Server. Each notification event includes the following delivery frequency:
| Notification Event | Description | Delivery Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Approaching Max | Notifies about applications with utilization percentage X%. | Sends email alerts every 5 minutes, 10 sec |
| Long Checkout | Alerts users with extended checkout times exceeding the specified hours. | Sends email alerts every 1 hour, 10 sec |
| Sustained Max/Hour | Notifies when applications run at maximum utilization for X number of hours. | Sends email alerts every 1 hour, 10 sec |
| License Expiration | Alerts about features approaching expiration within X number of days. | Sends email alerts daily at 7:00:10 AM |
| License Hogs | Identifies users with a high number of concurrent licenses exceeding the specified threshold. | Sends email alerts every 5 minutes, 10 sec |
| License Daemon Down | Notifies when License Server Daemons are down or unresponsive for X number of minutes. | Sends email alerts every 5 minutes, 10 sec |
| License Server Down | Alerts about license servers with no updates for X number of minutes. | Sends email alerts every 5 minutes, 10 sec |
| Application Denials | Notifies about the total number of license denials for a feature under a vendor license. | Sends email alerts after a successful Run ETL |
| User Denials | Provides alerts about license denials for specific users, including denial reasons. | Sends email alerts after successful Run ETL |
For an in-depth understanding of Analysis Server Alerts and Notifications, you may visit License Usage Portlets.