The Recovery Script Alert reads and interprets a predefined script carrying out the commands contained within the script.
The recovery scripts discussed below are provided by DeepMetrix. Recovery scripts are located in the ipMonitor Scripts directory on the ipMonitor host machine.
x:\ipmonitor\scripts
| Prompt |
Comment |
| Alert Name: |
Alert Name (optional) is the user-defined name of the Alert. |
| Reboot Server: |
This script attempts to reboot the host, a Windows NT machine, and waits a short time for it to recover. The hosting server must have a working SNMP agent, and the account context that ipMonitor runs under must have permission to remotely reboot this computer. |
| Restart Service: |
This script attempts to restart the failing service on a Windows NT machine, and waits a short time for it to recover. The service name must be in the Comment field of the monitor, the hosting server must have a working SNMP agent, and the account context that ipMonitor runs under must have permission to remotely restart services on this computer. |
| Alert Parameters: |
Alert Parameters determine what details will be reported in the Alert String.
Configurable Alert Ranges make it possible to receive all possible alerts notifications or only some of them.
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Notes regarding Recovery Script Alerts
- "Alert Name" is simply for organization of the configured content. It doesn't have anything to do with binding Alerts to Profiles. Multiple alerts can have the same name without interfering with each other.
- "Alert Range" makes it possible to select which triggered Alerts will be acted on. For example, a senior administrator might be Alerted only if the event is not handled in a timely manner by someone else. By default the value of 1- is supplied (note, no terminating number), meaning email will be sent the first Alert and all subsequent Alerts. Ranges work in exactly the same manner that printing ranges work in Microsoft Word. 1-3 would Alert 1st, 2nd & 3rd Alerts. 1,2,4 would Alert 1st, 2nd & 4th Alerts, skipping the 3rd. 1-3,6-9 would Alert 1st through 3rd, then skip 4th & 5th and resume alerting for 6th through 9th.
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