The following figure shows a sample rule definition section of a resource monitoring plan. This sample shows both the alert severity and the action currently associated with a database agent abnormal shutdown condition.
Figure 2. Sample asynchronous alert-related data
All asynchronous rules also have an Always throw new alert field. If you retain the default check mark for this option, a new asynchronous alert of this type fires each time this rule is violated. Given the sample data shown in the figure, a unique alert will fire each time a database agent shuts down in an abnormal manner.
You can review each of these alert instances on the Alert Detail Summary page. If you clear the value in the Always throw new alert field, the alert fires once, so that an alert message does not display in the user interface each time the alert is triggered. However, even if you suppress this alert display, the Occurrence count field value increases on the Alert Detail Summary page on a subsequent occurrence.
