Variables for email notifications

nato

I would like to add descriptive variables in my alert email notification. Was wondering if you would help me make the emails more informative- since I only see email and can not log in to Solarwinids to view the specifics I want to try to have my email tell me as much as it can about the alert that has been triggered.

Here is what I am using now (its not so good)

An issue has been detected at ${N=Alerting;M=AlertTriggerTime;F=DateTime} on ${N=SwisEntity;M=MachineType} device named ${N=SwisEntity;M=Caption} (IP: ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address}, DNS: ${N=SwisEntity;M=DNS})

View full device details here: ${N=SwisEntity;M=DetailsUrl}.

View full alert details here: ${N=Alerting;M=AlertDetailsUrl}

Click here to acknowledge the alert: ${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeUrl}

ALERT: ${NodeName} rebooted at ${LastBoot}

${NodeDetailsURL}

${N=Alerting;M=AcknowledgeLink}

This message was brought to you by the alert named: ${N=Alerting;M=AlertName}

The node is monitored by the polling engine ${N=SwisEntity;M=Engine.ServerName}

bourlis

Your request is fairly generic in terms of what is it you want.  But none-the-less here are some examples of alerts I've built:

Low drive space:

Subject:

Alert: System Volume Threshold Notification for ${N=SwisEntity;M=FullName}

Message:

Full Name: ${N=SwisEntity;M=FullName}

Volume Size ${N=SwisEntity;M=VolumeSize}

Volume Space Used ${N=SwisEntity;M=VolumeSpaceUsed}

Volume Space Available ${N=SwisEntity;M=VolumeSpaceAvailable}

Volume Percent Used ${N=SwisEntity;M=VolumePercentUsed}

Volume Percent Available ${N=SwisEntity;M=VolumePercentAvailable}

Memory usage:

Subject:

Alert - Physical Memory usage on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Caption} is currently ${PercentMemoryUsed}

Message:

The Physical Memory on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Caption} ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address} is currently running at ${PercentMemoryUsed}.

Total Memory: ${N=SwisEntity;M=TotalMemory}

Memory Used: ${N=SwisEntity;M=MemoryUsed}

Percent Used: ${N=SwisEntity;M=PercentMemoryUsed}

Memory Available: ${N=SwisEntity;M=MemoryAvailable}

Percent Available:  ${N=SwisEntity;M=PercentMemoryAvailable}

Network Node Down <Fairly simple>

Subject:

ALERT: Node ${NodeName} is ${Status}

Message:

Node: ${Status}

Host name: ${N=SwisEntity;M=DisplayName}

IP address: ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address}

Location: ${N=SwisEntity;M=Location}

Uplink type: ${N=SwisEntity;M=CustomProperties.Uplink_Connection_Type}

Network Node Up <simple but with a nice feature people like>

Subject:

Clear: Node ${NodeName} is ${Status}

Message

Hostname: ${N=SwisEntity;M=DisplayName}

IP address: ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address}

Location: ${N=SwisEntity;M=Location}

Object was down for ${N=Alerting;M=DownTime} minutes.

Network Interface Down

Subject:

Alert Interface on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.DisplayName}

Message:

Interface ${N=SwisEntity;M=IfName}  on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.Caption} is ${N=SwisEntity;M=Status;F=Status}

Interface Description is ${N=SwisEntity;M=Alias}

SAM Service Down:

Subject:

Alert ${N=SwisEntity;M=ComponentAlert.ComponentName} for ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.Caption} is ${N=SwisEntity;M=ComponentAlert.ComponentAvailability}

Message:

${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.ApplicationAlert.ApplicationName} ${N=SwisEntity;M=ComponentAlert.ComponentName} for ${N=SwisEntity;M=Application.Node.Caption} is ${N=SwisEntity;M=ComponentAlert.ComponentAvailability} with a value of ${N=SwisEntity;M=ComponentAlert.StatisticData} at ${MediumTime} ${ShortDate}.

Additional SAM notification:

Subject:

Alert: ${N=SwisEntity;M=ApplicationAlert.ComponentsWithStatus} on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.Caption}

Message:

Service ${N=SwisEntity;M=ApplicationAlert.ComponentsWithStatus} on server ${N=SwisEntity;M=Node.Caption}. Last time service responded was ${N=SwisEntity;M=CurrentStatus.LastTimeUp}

Please look into this issue at your earliest convenience. Thank you and have a nice day.

SNMP Trap based notification:

Subject:

SNMP TRAP notificaiton on ${N=SwisEntity;M=Caption} ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address}

Message:

${SQL: SELECT Message

  FROM [dbo].[Traps]

where Message like 'mtrapargsString=UPS%<%'}

Alert sent by ${N=SwisEntity;M=MachineType} named ${N=SwisEntity;M=Caption} (IP: ${N=SwisEntity;M=IP_Address})

UPS Status = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.OutputStatus}

Battery Capacity = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.BatteryCapacity}

Battery Replace Indicator = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.ReplaceIndicator}

Battery Status = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.BasicBatteryStatus}

Battery Output Load = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.OutputPercentLoad}

Battery Run Time Remaining = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.RunTimeRemaining} minutes

${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.StatusDescription}

Time on Battery = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.TimeOnBattery} minutes

UPS Model = ${N=SwisEntity;M=PCUs.Model}

Hopefully there's something here that you can glean from and use in your installation.