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Re: Generate alert on event
smargh Jul 28, 2010 5:33 AM (in response to cringer)Event triggers would be nice, but they don't seem to be possible at the moment unless you set up a trigger on the SQL database itself, which would also need to be the thing which actually sends the alert. It's easy with T-SQL though.
See this image for the alert I've set up for this exact problem - it does work fine:
I use this alert text; the variable could do with being a bit different though:
Volume: ${FullName}
Orion Status: ${Status}
Monitoring of disk space for this volume has probably stopped.
This is normally a problem with Solarwinds as opposed to an issue with the server or volume itself.
In some cases this alert can be triggered by renaming or removing a volume.
If this volume is on a SAN, it may need to be removed & re-added to Solarwinds due to the SNMP IDs changing.
This alert will repeat every 60 minutes while there is a problem with the volume. If the volume is removed and re-added to Solarwinds, then a "recovery" email will likely NOT be sent, because the original volume will no longer exist.
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Re: Generate alert on event
cringer Jul 28, 2010 6:01 AM (in response to smargh)Thank you - I will try this and see if it works for me
Thanks
Paul
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Re: Generate alert on event
MarieB Jul 28, 2010 3:42 PM (in response to cringer)Hi Paul--
Another thing to try is to watch our very informative and short alert tutorials. You can find them and other product tutorials at:
http://www.solarwinds.com/support/tutorials.aspx
HTH,
M
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Re: Generate alert on event
Questionario Jul 29, 2010 12:27 AM (in response to smargh)that solution would probably fire also if the server would not be reachable via snmp anymore for a bit, right?
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Re: Generate alert on event
smargh Jul 29, 2010 2:44 AM (in response to Questionario)
that solution would probably fire also if the server would not be reachable via snmp anymore for a bit, right?You're correct - I've had this alert trigger when SNMP stops responding, which can be a sign of a much bigger problem - for example, if a dodgy GPO has been rolled out which enables the firewall on every computer, or a server or device changes to DHCP etc.
Obviously the condition with :\ in it will need to be changed for *nix systems & linux-based appliances etc.
You can do the same for "unknown" interfaces, but I often see interfaces appear as "unknown" when they've never actually had the network cable plugged in to a spare NIC, so that's not as useful.
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Re: Generate alert on event
Questionario Jul 29, 2010 10:54 AM (in response to smargh)anyhow, a solution to alert on events would be cool! =)
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