Alert (ITILv3):    [Service Operation] A warning that a threshold has been reached, something has changed, or a Failure has occurred. Alerts are often created and managed by System Management tools and are managed by the Event Management Process.

See Also: TBD

Alert (ITILv2):    A warning that a threshold has been reached or that a failure has occurred, or is likely to occur. Typically propagated by a system management tool.

See Also: Alert Phase

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