Alert Testing question

sumfknguy

If I create an alert that "should not" throw an action against a node and I run a test against that node I should yield no action correct?

This is my alert: Server Node (Non SQL)

Trigger action:

Percent Memory Used is > or = to 80%

DB Admin is equal to No

SYS Admin is equal to Yes

Node in question is setup with these custom properties:

DB Admin = False

SYS Admin = True

Action is to email.

So the way this is setup is all of our NON SQL servers are (DB Admin = False, SYS Admin = True)

So the NON SQL servers should fire off this alert.

Our SQL servers are (DB Admin = True, SYS Admin = True). We have a seperate alert setup to catch this "True/True" custom property..

When I run my NON SQL alert against a SQL server I get an email. Is this by design? I figured I would just see a test log that says something to the effect of "NO ACTION"

qle

If I create an alert that "should not" throw an action against a node and I run a test against that node I should yield no action correct?

Not correct. When you test an alert, you're only testing the alert actions, not the trigger conditions. Yeah, I know, some would argue that it should test both but as it is, it doesn't.