The Faults screen as shown below has two tabs, Current and Archive.

System Faults screen

The number of system faults.

The Faults screen has two tabs, Current and Archive. Details of the selected fault are displayed on a card located to the right of the fault list. In the Archive tab, you can switch between Resolved or Ignored faults and reset all ignored faults.

Selecting Refresh (Manual), will refresh the faults table manually, or you can select one of the other available options from the drop-down menu, available options include; Manual, 1 Second, 1 Minute, 5 Minutes.

 (Note: as there is no longer a Refresh button on the screen, you must select Refresh (Manual) to refresh the screen.

 To search the Faults table, enter the name of the object you are looking for. The grid will refresh to display the selected object. You can also sort using the column headings. 

Resolve All will resolve all the faults in your system.

Select to expand or close the objects in the grid.

Select  to export the information provided in the grid to a.csv file.

You can select and resolve multiple faults; the card panel will display how many of each type are selected. For example:

 Details for the selected fault are displayed on a card. You can resolve or ignore faults by selecting the appropriate link at the bottom of the card.

Resolving and Ignoring Faults

Ignoring a fault will also ignore future faults of that exact type against the same object, so that future fault conditions will not be re-diagnosed even if the fault condition persists or recurs. No further notifications will be received for that specific fault condition. It is advisable to only ignore faults when the following criteria are met:

• The fault is caused by a well-understood issue that cannot be changed.
• Its impact to the Delphix Engine is well understood and does not require action.

For example, if you think that knowing about this error in future will be important, use "Resolve" rather than "Ignore". If you reset ignored items, this clears all ignored faults, but it leaves them as resolved and does not restore the actual fault. For reset ignored faults, new faults against the same object will no longer be ignored and you will again receive notifications. Examples: If you ignore a fault "Unable to ping host" for target "192.168.1.1", Delphix ignores "Unable to ping host" errors against target 192.168.1.1. You will never see the "Unable to ping host" fault again for that target 192.168.1.1 unless you reset ignored items. Similarly, some faults are raised against snapshots which are part of a dSource. Ignoring those errors only ignores similar errors for that exact snapshot. Tomorrow's snapshot could produce the fault again.

The environment monitor previously only created faults for "hosts" and "sources." There are several faults which more logically apply to other Delphix objects, such as repositories, which are DB install files. Posting them against sources results in fault duplication. The environment monitor now posts faults against -- and re-associates the offending faults with -- the correct objects. Consequently, users see fewer errors that are easier to diagnose.

1. In the top navigation bar, click System then Faults.
2. In the Faults screen click any fault in the list to expand it and see its details.
   The details for the selected Fault will be displayed in the details card located on the right.

Each fault comprises six parts:

• Severity – How much of an impact the fault will have on the system. A fault can have a severity of either Warning or Critical.
  • A Warning Fault implies that the system can continue despite the fault but may not perform optimally in all scenarios.
  • A Critical Fault describes an issue that breaks certain functionality and must be resolved before some or all functions of the Delphix Engine can be performed. 
• Date – The date that the Delphix Engine diagnosed the fault.
• Title – A short descriptive summary of the fault
  
• Target – The object against which the fault was posted. Faults will be posted against the host for incorrect environment configurations, sources for problems with the database, and repositories for issues with the installation.
• Details – A detailed summary of the cause of the fault
• User Action – The action you can take to resolve the fault

• The fault is caused by a well-understood issue that cannot be changed
• Its impact to the Delphix Engine is well understood and acceptable

In this case, the fault will not be re-diagnosed even if the fault condition persists. You will receive no further notifications.

To address a fault follow the steps below.

1. In the top menu bar, click Faults.
2. In the list of faults, click a fault date/name to view the fault details.
3. If the fault condition has been resolved, click Resolve.
   Note that if the fault condition persists it will be detected in the future and re-diagnosed.
4. If the fault condition describes a configuration with well-understood impact to the Delphix Engine that cannot be changed, you can ignore the fault by clicking Ignore.
   Note that an ignored fault will not be diagnosed again even if the underlying condition persists.