Export Alert to text file

I have an alert setup which is currently able to out put to C:\alertsoutput.txt on the same server that SolarWinds is hosted on.

Is there any way this can output to a shared path over the network? As when i type in \\server\share\alertoutput.txt is rejects the name.

Thanks.

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mrxinu

Hey brendan.hooper - you're right, it definitely doesn't like the network path. What about mapping the path to a drive letter and going that route?

Create a shortcut to (map) a network drive - Windows Help

Steven W. Klassen

Programmer Analyst @ Loop1 Systems

http://www.loop1systems.com/

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brendan.hooper

Thanks Steven,

In theory sounds plausible and would work, but seeing as SolarWinds is a Web Service, and Mapped Drives are linked to a user how does one create this link?

other than saving to a local disk on the SW server is to create a local shared folder and go the other way, by accessing the \\sqserver\sharedpath from my other box.i originally wanted it outputted to.

mrxinu

Oops, right. Good point. The suggestion you put forth makes sense but it's not what you wanted. You could break out the big guns and use the External Executable action and run a PowerShell script to cobble together the output and put it wherever you want. I'll loop this through the folks here and see if anyone has another suggestion.

Steven W. Klassen

Programmer Analyst @ Loop1 Systems

http://www.loop1systems.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/mrxinu

brendan.hooper

Thanks, as they say many ways to skin a cat.

I'm only a novice and new to SW so still feeling my way around the system.

Interested to see what your Brains Trust comes up with, thanks for the help.

brendan.hooper

Hi Steven,

How did your brains trust go with this?