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I have a switch that I have created an alert to tell me when any of three interfaces are down. It looks straightforward, but when I get to the last page, it tells me it would not be triggered by any nodes, when one of three interfaces is currently down. Here is a screenshot of the trigger condition: Here is the status as…
A few weeks ago, my wife reminded me of a doctor's appointment for a quick checkup. I don't enjoy having to go to the doctor, but it's important, so I didn't complain much. I was feeling great on the day of the appointment. I had no cough, no sniffles, or sore throat. I figured I would be out of there in 10 minutes with…
SentryOne Advisory Conditions provide a powerful and flexible solution for monitoring environments across a diverse range of situations. This post focuses on the available actions and alerting options for Advisory Conditions. As shown below, the options for available actions are as robust as the conditions themselves. To…
SentryOne has some of the most robust and dynamic alerting capabilities in our market. Out of the box, we provide a number of options for responding to virtually any type of condition, and these are by no means limited to sending an email: Still, email is one of the more popular options, and we get the occasional question…
From time to time, we’ve gotten questions on whether it is possible to send the alerts generated by SQL Sentry to cell phones in the form of a text message. The short answer is yes, with the use of SMS/MMS gateways. The not so long answer is this blog post . The process of getting alerts on your phone involves the use of…
A question that comes up a lot during demos and proof of concepts is "Can your software tell me when there is a problem?". The answer to that is of course, there are many integration points to notify you. In a previous post, I spoke about how it is possible to extend what is already a fantastic offering around alerting you…
In the latest SQL Sentry Custom Conditions Pack, a new condition named 'Common Criteria Compliance' Enabled was added. This setting, as its name implies, assists in meeting international computer security compliance standards known as Common Criteria. The setting is found on the Security page of Server Properties: Common…
Hello, new to Log Analyzer and have a simple use case that i cannot get to work. Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Below is the trap received in LA: The conditions that i need to alert on are as follows: * The trap must have Varbind called 'alarmActive'. This varbind from the example above is:…
Team collaboration tools seem to be all the rage these days, and rightfully so. With more and more people working from remote locations, tools like Slack and HipChat have become valuable productivity boosters. Our Product Management team has grown recently, and we decided to give slack a try. Being the geeks that we are,…
A question customers frequently ask of our support and professional services teams is: "How do I get Performance Advisor to collect performance counter <X>?" This is something that's quite easy to do, although there are a few things a DBA needs to consider before starting down this path: * Why do you want this new counter…
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