Understanding Responses

A response is an action initiated by Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 (MOM) when a processing rule match occurs. Using processing rules, you can define an automated response to a detected condition. Responses help resolve the issue indicated by the event. The following processing rule types allow you to define responses for a processing rule match:

• Event
• Filter (database and conditional filters only)
• Missing event
• Alert
• Performance sample
• Performance threshold

You can define the following automated responses within processing rules:

• Send a notification to a notification group
  • Send an e-mail
  • Send a page
  • Send an external command notification
• Execute a command or batch file
• Send an SNMP trap
• Change state variables
• Launch a script

You can define more than one response for each processing rule match. For example, if an event indicates that a critical application has stopped, MOM can respond by restarting the application and by paging a network administrator.

Note

• In contrast, when you create an alert processing rule, you can assign one response to a number of alerts.

Responses can occur on the Consolidator computer or the agent computer. Responses that occur on the Consolidator computer are central responses. Responses that occur on the agent computer are local responses.