Command or Batch Files

You can configure Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 (MOM) to run a command or batch file when a processing rule match occurs. You can run the command or batch file on the agent or Consolidator computer.

For example, you might want to periodically stop and restart a Windows service with a known memory leak to reclaim the memory. You can create a performance threshold rule that monitors memory usage on the service computer. The processing rule generates an alert when memory usage goes over 85 percent and stays that way for a specified period. In the alert response for the event, you can specify that MOM runs a command or batch file containing the NET STOP BADSERVICE and NET START BADSERVICE commands on the monitored computer.

Note

• The MOM Administrator Console provides a context menu that you can customize and extend to include custom tasks. These custom tasks can make use of applications, commands, or batch files. Right-clicking an item in a Monitor details window displays the context-sensitive, customized menu, where you can select the custom task you have created and send information about the selected item to that application.