Table of Contents

Accessing Alerter

Installing the software

  1. Browse to http(s)://[DMA]/tools, where [DMA] is the hostname of your DMA.

  2. In the section Standalone applications, click the MSI installer for Skyline Alerter.

  3. When a message appears asking if you want to run SLAlerterSetup.msi, click Run.

  4. Follow the instructions in the Skyline Alerter Setup Wizard to complete the installation.

Starting Alerter for the first time

Tip

See also: Setting your startup preferences for Alerter

  1. Open the Skyline Alerter application.

  2. In the Add Account screen, specify the following details.

    • connect to: The name or IP address of the DataMiner Agent to which you want to connect.

    • domainuser: The username of the DMA’s local administrator account.

    • password: The password of the DMA’s local administrator account.

  3. Click Add Account.

Alerter will connect to the DataMiner Agent you specified. Two tabs will appear in the user interface:

  • Alarms

  • Collaboration

The Alarms tab will automatically be selected and the current alarms will be loaded. If there are new alarms, pop-up balloons will appear at the bottom of your screen.

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