Verilink Access Manager 2000 (896-502037-001) Product Manual User Manual

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Archiving inactive alarms

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Note:

The month, date, and year used in the archive file name are those
selected in the Archive Cutoff Date screen, not the current date.

The archive process always creates files starting with extension

001

. If

you have performed previous alarm log archives with the same cutoff day
the existing archive file(s) are overwritten if they are on the same disk
drive and directory. Refer to Appendix E "Archive File Formats" for the
alarm archive record format.

The

Delete

option removes inactive (i.e., deactivated) alarm records

from the database (i.e., log) without saving them.

If you wish to save the records before removing them from the database,
choose the

Archive Inactive Alarms

option instead.

To delete inactive alarms:

1. Starting from the Main Menu, select

Alarm Status

. The

Alarm

Status (Review Alarm Log Database) appears.

2. From

this screen, select

Archive

. The Archive (Inactive Alarms:

Choose Archive Option) screen appears.

3. From

this

screen,

select

Delet

. The Select Archive Cutoff Date

screen appears.

4. Enter the date of the last alarm record you want deleted.

5. To delete the deactivated alarm reports in the selected range, press

. Or, press

to abort deletion.

6. If you pressed

, a prompt appears, asking you to confirm that

you want to delete the selected alarm records.

Deleting inactive
alarms