Event ID 1162

[Michelle Adamovich]

I have received a system log entry with this text:
Compaq Threshold Agent: Rising Threshold Passed.
SNMP MIB Variable .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.4.1.1.5.1 has value 84 >= 50.
Severity: Unknown
Description: None.
Refer to the Compaq MIB for a definition of the variable.
[SNMP TRAP: 10005 in CPQTHRSH.MIB]
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How do I find out what threshold was passed? I have been unable to find a reference document for the MIB variables.

[Sunil Jerath]

Hello Michelle,
Please try the following:
Change the rights of SNMP Community Name public from READ CREATE to READ WRITE under Security, and change the Trap Destinations to the loopback address of 127.0.0.1 assuming the Manager and the Agents are on the same server. (Also assuming Destination is Blank)

Then Stop and restart the Inside Agents from Control Panel Services and Event should no longer occure in Event Viewer.

Regards,

[Terry Hutchings]

Which threshold did you configure on this server? This is not going to be one of the predefined ones. This should be the one for file system space used.

[Pat Flanagan]

A good source for at least starting your research on an event id is www.eventid.net. Click on the Search link, and enter the event id#. I usually do not enter the source since often I find a clue to the problem in writeups on sources other than what my event log shows. In this case, entering 1162 pulled up a write-up on a problem similar to yours (unfortuneately formatting can't be preserved in this simple text file, so I'd suggest going there yourself - there's also a link to the Compaq white paper dealing with this): Source Insight Host Agents
Type Warning
Description Threshold Insight Agent: Rising Threshold Passed. SNMP MIB Variable .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.3.1.1.3.1 has value 50 >= 50. Severity: Invalid; Description: None. Refer to the Compaq MIB for a definition of the variable
Comments Woodrow Wayne Collins
For a MIB variable with 12 numbers, take off the last number and you get: 1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.3.1.1.3. This is the OID (OBJECT IDENTIFIER) which refers you to the OBJECT-TYPE = cpqHoCpuUtilFiveMin which states the CPU utilization as a percentage of the theoretical maximum changed during the last five minutes. This caused the Threshold Insight Agent: Rising Thresholds to be passed for CPU #1. #1 is the number we removed to get a 12 number MIB, but it identifies which CPU.
In order to keep this from happening: Upgrade the CPU or add RAM to handle current processing loads, and/or reduce processing or change the threshold limit. The value in this example is set at 50%.
See also Compaq White Paper (page 10).
Links Compaq White Paper

[Michelle Adamovich]

Thanks for your responses!

Where do I configure thresholds? This error occured on a server I inherited and did not configure myself. I looked in Control Panel/Compaq Management Agents but nothing there allows me to configure specific thresholds.

Where can I find a reference document for the MIB variables so that I know what device has passed its threshold?