Alert when a node goes down

I'm trying to create a alert for whenever a Windows node is down (aka Red), but am having some issues. Below is the simple trigger we are using, but it doesn't work. I don't think Node Status is returning the proper value.

Trigger Condition

Property to monitor: APM: Hardware

Vendor is equal to Windows

Node Status is equal to Down

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aLTeReGo

There is already an out of the box alert titled "Alert me when a node goes down". I would recommend using this alert as-is or copying this alert and adding an additional condition to the trigger.

Out of the box alert - Alert me when a node goes down

Alert me when a node goes down.png

Out of the box alert with additional vendor condition.

Alert me when a node goes down with Vendor.png

I've also posted the above alert definition so you can easily import it into the Advanced Alert Manager and start utilizing it immediately.

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Petr.Vilem

Property to monitor should be "Node" in this case. "APM: Hardware" is child entity of Node which is present only for nodes which has enabled Hardware monitoring feature. BTW, there is out of the box predefined alert called "Alert me when a node goes down" (which only does not contain filter to Vendor) for inspiration.

jleecong

I'm unable to edit or even add a trigger action to the default alert as I get "Please specify a complete Trigger Condition, Field not specified or invalid". I also need to specify that it only alerts for Windows servers.

If I add a Simple Condition my only option is CPU & Memory and even then I only have 2 options for Memory Available.

Petr.Vilem

This message means that trigger condition is not complete - there must be no empty fields left (marked with star) in trigger conditions when closing Edit Alert dialog. Existing conditions may get corrupted when changing "property to monitor". Removing all conditions and add them again may help in this case.

Can you see this limited set of options when you create completely new alert or try to edit predefined "Alert me when a node goes down" too?

It should look like this:

jleecong

My screen is missing all those options under property monitor: node, that would help explain why this seems a lot more complicated than it should be. Any idea how to get those options back or what could have gotten corrupt?

Thanks!