Hi! I ran across a new (I think) scenario that I wanted to share. I think with a little redesign, I could accomplish this request with 1 alert.
Scenario: When a trigger condition occurs (in this case a UPS goes down), perform the following:
- Log an entry to the NETPERFMON Event log.
- If the condition exists for > 5 minutes, then send an email. (I was going to use the "delay the execution of this action" on the "alert execution " tab for the trigger action.)
When the condition resets,
- Log the reset in the NETPERFMON. (So far, so good.).
- If the email was sent, send a RESET email. (Ut Oh! There's no way to only send it if the trigger email was sent.
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I was hoping to accomplish this request within 1 alert, but I was not able to due to the way the reset action functions. If only there was a way to couple the trigger and reset actions (or make the reset email setup part of the trigger email).
I had to break apart the alert into a "log only" version and an "email" version. The email version utilizes the "do not trigger this action ... " found on the "trigger condition" tab to accomplish the 5 minute delay.
p.s. One interesting observation was when I had both actions (NetPerfMon & Email) the "Alert Sharing" logged an entry when the trigger email was sent. If the condition was less than 5 minutes, it didn't log the entry.
p.s.s. Also, the NetPerfMon log entries don't include the node's caption, so when searching IP is the only reliable option.
