Turning of all problem detection: is achieved throughout the system by checking the box 'Disable problem detection' as described in Section 4.8.15, “Sensors::General”.

Turning of some of the detectors: is possible across all sensors by checking the boxes described in Section 4.8.9, “Problem Detection”.

Turning off detectors for specific hosts: When a problem list is shown on the user interface, there are two icons that appear under the header 'Clear', as described in Section 4.4, “Dashboards with Problems”. One of these is used to disable a specific detector on a specific sensor for a specific host. This may be needed to stop detecting problems that are false alarms or already known issues that you would not like seen on the user interface any longer.

Clearing from the user interface: The other icon mentioned in Section 4.4, “Dashboards with Problems” under the 'Clear' header of the problem list is for temporarily suppressing that very instance of the problem. If the problem comes back, then it will appear in the problem lists again.

The 'Manage problems' menu (Section 4.8.7, “Manage Problems”) is used to undo all the suppress and clear operations done previously.

Higher detector sensitivity causes more detections of problems which may mean more false alarms. The sensitivities can be adjusted as described in Section 4.8.9, “Problem Detection”.

Even when a problem detector is enabled, if that is not very important for the user, then its maximum severity can be set to a number lower than 3. That way, it will not generate alerts, if alerting is set to a severity of 3. In order to set up this, please go to Section 4.8.9, “Problem Detection”.