Defining a Response for an Alert
You can define a response for an existing alert in the Monitor
snap-in. When the alert occurs again, Microsoft Operations
Manager 2000 will perform the response.
Defining a response for an existing alert in the Monitor snap-in
requires your user account to be a member of the Operators
(OnePointOps Operators) user group. For more information, see
Requirements and
Permissions .
You can also create an alert processing rule in the Rules
snap-in. For more information, see Creating an
Alert Processing Rule .
To define a response for an alert in the
Monitor:
Expand Microsoft Operations Manager (default) in the
left pane.
Expand Monitor in the left pane.
Display the alert. For more information, see Viewing Alerts .
Click the alert in the right pane.
Click Action on the menu bar.
Click New Rule to Respond to Alert on the menu bar.
Follow the instructions until you reach the Responses
window.
Click Add .
Click one or more of the following responses:
Launch a script
Allows you to specify or create a script to run in response to
the alert.
Send an SNMP trap
Allows you to choose whether the SNMP trap will be generated on
the agent or Consolidator computer when the alert occurs.
Send a notification to a notification group
Allows you to specify or create a notification group to be
notified when the alert occurs.
Execute a command or batch file
Allows you to define a command or batch file to run when the
alert occurs.
Update state variable
Allows you to update the state variable for later use in a
script.
Follow the instructions until you finish defining the response
for the alert. For more information about the fields on a window,
click Help .