User's Manual

By default, new alert actions are enabled. If you wish to turn off the alert action without deleting it, you
can disable it either through the right-click menu or the edit wizard for the alert action.
Several common alert action use cases are pre-installed in the disabled state to illustrate common usage.
When using these pre-installed actions, it is recommended to clone the example to a new action specific
to your needs. Make sure to enable and test the new action during this process.
Name and Description
Field Description
Name The name of the alert action.
Description The description of the e-mail action.
Enabled Select to activate the alert action.
Severity Association
Field Description
Severity The alert types available.
All Select to include all types of alerts.
Unknown Select to include unknown alerts.
Normal Select to include normal alerts.
Warning Select to include warning alerts.
Critical Select to include critical alerts.
Application Launch Configuration
Use this window to configure the application that you want to launch and to test the launch.
NOTE: Alert actions are run when a matching alert is received so the alert application launch action
is a script or batch file that does not require user interaction.
Field Description
Executable Name Specifies the fully qualified path name and file
name of the executable file that launches the
application program.
Arguments Specifies or edits any required or desired
command line parameters to be used in launching
the application program. You can use the
following variable substitutions to specify
information in the Arguments field:
• $n = system name
• $ip = IP address
• $m = message
• $d = date
• $t = time
• $sev = severity
• $st = Service Tag
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