Update Alert Activity

Applies To: System Center 2012 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator, System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator

The Update Alert activity updated an alert on the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer. This activity can change the information in an alert based on results from automated diagnostics performed by a runbook.

The following tables list the required properties, optional properties, and published data for this activity.

The activity publishes all of the data from the required and optional properties into published data. Additional published data is generated based on the class that you select when you define the activity.

Update Alerts Required Properties

Element Description Valid Values Look up

Connection

The name of the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer connection.

String

Yes

Identifier

The name of the alert to update.

String

No

Update Alert Optional Properties

This activity has the following optional properties:

Acknowledged

Agent

AlertGroup

AlertKey

BSM_Identity

Class

Customer

EventId

ExpireTime

ExtendedAttr

FirstOccurrence

Flash

Grade

LastOccurrence

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

ServerName

ServerSerial

Service

Severity

Summary

SuppressEscl

TaskList

Type

URL

X733CorrNotif

X733EventType

X733ProbableCause

X733SpecificProb

Update Alert Published Data

This activity publishes the following alerts:

Acknowledged

Agent

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 Update Alert Activity

The following procedure describes the steps required to configure an Update Alert activity.

To configure the Update Alert Activity

  1. From the Activities pane, drag an Update Alert activity to the active runbook.

  2. Double-click the Update Alert activity icon. The Properties dialog box opens.

  3. Configure the settings in the Details tab as follows:

    1. In the Connection section, click the ellipsis button (...), and then select the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer connection that you want to use for this activity. Click OK.

    2. In the Properties section, enter a value for each of the required properties and the applicable optional properties. If the property is Lookup-enabled, you can click the ellipsis (…) button next to the text box to browse for a value.

      To add optional properties, click Select Fields. You must enter at least one optional property.

  4. In the Fields section, enter a value for each of the required properties and the applicable optional properties. If the property is lookup-enabled, you can browse for a value.

  5. Click Finish.