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Please can we make it so when in an alert definition and it informs us that we have x number of entities matching the condition we can easily see which entities: In my example below, I have 1 entity matching the condition yet I need to navigate through many pages of results to find the 1 in scope. They should show at the…
The Problem: when you monitor Thin APs (WAPs) then you need to ensure your polling cycle is greater than your alert "must exist for" condition. Why is this a Problem: Well, the method used by SolarWinds is that when a WAP goes down, then on the first poll cycle it spots this (via the WLC) and triggers a node warning. This…
If you are wanting to exclude certain entities from an alerting scope, try the below: 1. Go to Alert Settings 2. Create Alert 3. Enter details for the alert 3. Select Metric Condition 4. Select your Entity type - for example 'Servers' 5. Select the scope 'Search Query' 6. Enter the below with your keywords instead…
At the moment received SNMP- and Syslog Traps are only parsed and written directly into NPM database The alerting interface for Traps has nothing to do with the NPM advanced alerting engine - nothing else happens in NPM with that valuable collected information. Additionally a received critical Trap has no correlation to…
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…
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