MonitoringConnector.GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers Method (DateTime, Int32, IList)

Updated: April 16, 2012

Gets alerts marked for the monitoring connector, for each tiered Management Group. You also specify a timestamp bookmark, and all alerts with a timestamp after the bookmark will be returned. The retrieved array is limited to the batchSize parameter. The failures that occurred for the configured tiers are returned along with the alerts. Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ConnectorFramework
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager (in Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.dll)Dim instance As MonitoringConnector Dim utcBookmarkTime As DateTime Dim batchSize As Integer Dim failures As IList(Of ConnectorTieredOperationFailure) Dim returnValue As ReadOnlyCollection(Of ConnectorMonitoringAlert) returnValue = instance.GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers(utcBookmarkTime, batchSize, failures)Public Function GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers ( _ utcBookmarkTime As DateTime, _ batchSize As Integer, _ <OutAttribute> ByRef failures As IList(Of ConnectorTieredOperationFailure) _ ) As ReadOnlyCollection(Of ConnectorMonitoringAlert)public ReadOnlyCollection<ConnectorMonitoringAlert> GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers ( DateTime utcBookmarkTime, int batchSize, out IList<ConnectorTieredOperationFailure> failures )public: ReadOnlyCollection<ConnectorMonitoringAlert^>^ GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers ( DateTime utcBookmarkTime, int batchSize, [OutAttribute] IList<ConnectorTieredOperationFailure^>^% failures )public ReadOnlyCollection<ConnectorMonitoringAlert> GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers ( DateTime utcBookmarkTime, int batchSize, /** @attribute OutAttribute() */ /** @ref */ IList<ConnectorTieredOperationFailure> failures )ParametersutcBookmarkTimeA timestamp bookmark. All alerts with a timestamp after this will be acknowledged.batchSizeThe approximate max batch size to return.failuresThe array of failures that may have occurred for various tiersReturn ValueReturns a ReadOnlyCollection of ConnectorMonitoringAlert objects that contain the alerts for the specified monitoring connector and have a bookmark time since the utcBookmarkTime value..

This method will only retrieve up to the number of alerts that are specified by the batchSize parameter. This limitation allows you to perform the get monitoring alerts operation in small batches, thereby avoiding a time-out failure.

This method only gets alerts that are marked for the monitoring connector from the bookmark time to the current time less 30 seconds.

It is good practice to limit the number of alerts obtained by a single call. When you perform this GetMonitoringAlertsForTiers method you should check to see if the count property of the returned collection equals or exceeds the batchSize. If the count property of the returned collection equals or exceeds the batchSize then you should acknowledge the alerts received, and call this function again to get the next batch of alerts. Only when the returned collection is smaller than the batchSize can you be sure that you have received all of the alerts.

After you retrieve the monitoring alert, you need to acknowledge that alert with an AcknowledgeMonitoringAlerts or one of the overloaded methods. Failure to acknowledge an alert will result in subsequent calls to get new alerts returning the already received alerts.

This method only gets alerts that are marked for the monitoring connector from the bookmark time to the current time less 30 seconds.


Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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