OK

Green dots indicates that all is well. Green screens represent a seldom achieved state of administrative bliss.

All connections are checked every 5 minutes


Trouble

Most severe conditions result in the administrator being notified. These include loss of network connectivity, loss of HTTP access, and disk conditions over 95% full, since these can result in a system hang. Furthermore, any "NOTICE" messages in the message file causes a notification since this may signal a disk fault.

Under these circumstances, the screen should turn red. Click on the corresponding red dot for additional information about the condition.

If a severe situation is occurring that is not being noticed by Big Brother, use the PAGE/ACK button on the main screen to notify the administrator manually.


Attention

These include HTTP server errors, disks 90-94% full, the death of important processes, and "WARNING" messages in the system logs.

The screen should turn yellow if this is the most severe situation at the time. Click on the corresponding yellow dot for additional information, and notify the administrator manually if necessary.


No Report

Each report is checked for freshness. If any report is more than 30 minutes old, it is marked with a purple dot, and the screen turns purple, assuming that it is the most serious situation at the time.

These may be the result of heavily loaded systems, but may also indicate a more serious loss of communication within the Big Brother system itself.


Disabled

Notification for this test has been disabled. Used when performing maintenance tasks on a host


Unavailable

Under some conditions, the administrator may elect to disable some tests, in which case the reported condition becomes clear.

     
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