Each alert describes an event occurs under certain conditions, and a set of actions defined for it. You must define alerting actions and associate them with particular events.
Actions describe what is to be done when a particular event takes place. An example of an alerting action is emailing a specific user (or group of users) when an event such as 'Node DOWN' takes place on a monitored node.
An alert may have more than one action defined, executed over a specified period of time. It is possible to let the program perform several actions at different times starting from when the actual event occurred.
Alerting Action Types
All actions are divided into types and groups. Types of actions refer to their purpose and gathered into tabs in the Add Action window. Each tab contains actions organized into groups. See all actions types and groups described below.
Scripts
- Linux
- Allows executing the selected script such as: restarting or shutting down machine, restart SNMP Deamon, send memory/network status and processes list, mount/dismount cd-rom.
- NetWare
- Allows executing the selected script such as: restarting or shutting down server, load/unload FTP NLM, save configuration to Config.txt file.
- Windows
- Allows executing the selected script such as: starting or stopping SNMP service, deleting virtual drive, running disc defragmenter, terminating Notepad.exe process.
Basic
- Desktop
- Displaying an alert bar on the desktop, playing a sound and displaying an alert dialog are examples of this type of action. Such notification actions will only take place on the computer where Connection Broker is running and connected to a given server.
- Diagnostics
- Adding a traceroute to an alert message or network services status to an alert message are examples of this type of action.
- Notify
- Permits automatically notifying a user or a group of users about an occurred event. How to notify each of them (email, text message (SMS) is previously defined in the program when users are defined to simplify this type of new action. You do not have to specify for each event how the notification should be sent to different users.
- Simple
- Allows using an action such as notifying a user by email, text message (SMS) via email, text message (SMS). During the definition of any of these types of actions you must specify each time to whom the notification should be sent to (by configuring phone number, destination host, etc).
Control
- Computers
- Controlling a Windows service, restarting/shutting down computer, running program/script, setting SNMP variable, terminating process, or wake on LAN are all examples of this type of action.
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NetCrunch Allows changing the monitoring state of a node.
Logging
- Local
- Writing to a user-selected file. Writing to Windows event log and Write to Unique File are examples of this type of action.
- Remote
- Allows using SNMP alert and Syslog message actions.
See also: Basic Action Types Control Action Types Logging Action Types Scripts Action Types
