Monitor Alerts Activity
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator
The Monitor Alerts activity launches a runbook when an IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus alert matches the specified criteria. You can use the Monitor Alerts activity to launch a diagnostic and corrective runbook that responds to critical alerts in your network.
The Monitor Alerts activity uses filters to determine which properties of an alert launch the runbook.
The following tables list the triggers, filters and published data for the Monitor Alerts activity. This activity publishes all of the data from the selected filters.
Monitor Alerts Triggers
| Element | Description | Value Type |
|---|---|---|
Connection |
The name of the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer connection. |
String |
New Alerts |
The option to start the runbook when the activity detects a new alert. |
Boolean |
Updated Alerts |
The option to start the runbook when the activity detects an update to an existing alert. |
Boolean |
Monitor Alerts Filters
| Element | Description | Value Type |
|---|---|---|
Filters |
A list of all configured filters. To edit or remove a filter, select the item and click Edit or Remove, respectively. |
Monitor Alerts Published Data
This activity publishes the following alerts: Acknowledged Agent AlertCount AlertGroup AlertKey BSM_Identity Class Customer EventId ExpireTime ExtendedAttr FirstOccurrence FirstOccurrence Local Time Flash Grade Identifier InternalLast InternalLast Local Time LastOccurrence LastOccurrence Local Time LocalNodeAlias LocalPriObj LocalRootObj LocalSecObj Location Manager NmosCauseType NmosDomainName NmosEntityId NmosEventMap NmosManagedStatus NmosObjInst NmosSerial Node NodeAlias OldRow OwnerGID OwnerUID PhysicalCard PhysicalPort PhysicalSlot Poll ProbeSubSecondId ProcessReq RemoteNodeAlias RemotePriObj RemoteRootObj RemoteSecObj Serial ServerName ServerSerial Service Severity StateChange StateChange Local Time Summary SuppressEscl Tally TaskList Type URL X733CorrNotif x733EventType x733ProbableCause x733SpecificPro |
Configuring the Monitor Alerts Activity
The following procedure describes the steps required to configure a Monitor Alerts activity.
To configure the Monitor Alerts activity
From the Activities pane, click and drag a Monitor Alerts activity to the active runbook.
Double-click the Monitor Alerts activity icon. The Properties dialog opens.
Configure the settings in the Details tab as follows:
In the ObjectServer section, click the ellipsis button (...), select the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server Connection that you want to use for this activity, and click OK.
In the Triggers section, select the type(s) of alerts, New and/or Updated that are applicable to this runbook. Each alert of the specified trigger type is compared to the values of the filter(s) to determine if they meet the criteria before triggering the runbook.
In the Filters section, enter a filter. Click Add. In the Name box, click the down arrow and select a property from the list.
In the Relation box, click the down arrow and select a filter type.
In the Value box, enter the value you want to use. Click OK to save the filter settings.
Add additional filters as needed, and then click Finish.
You can also use published data to automatically populate the value of the property from the data output by a previous activity in the workflow.
For more information about using filters, see Filter Behavior.