How to Create a Custom Alert View

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Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1

You can create a custom alert view that shows only those alerts that you want to see. For example, if you need to track the status of UNIX-based or Linux-based computers, you can create a view that shows only critical alerts generated by those computers.

To create a custom alert view

  1. Log on to the computer by using an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Author role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

  2. In the Operations console, click Monitoring.

  3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click New View, and then click Alert View.

  4. In the Properties dialog box of the new alert, type a name and an optional description for the view.

  5. Set the criteria to identify the alerts to display:

    1. Narrow the pool of possible alerts by identifying a class or group for alerts. For example, to create an alert view for UNIX-based or Linux-based computers, select Unix Computer in the Show data related to list.

    2. Select the conditions that define the content of the view. There are a number of different conditions that you can choose, from severity or priority to alerts that include text in specific fields. For example, for the UNIX-based or Linux-based computers alert view, select of a specific severity in the Select conditions list.

    3. Refine the criteria description by clicking the underlined text in the Criteria description box.

      For the UNIX-based or Linux-based computers alert view, click specific. In the Alert Type window, select Critical, and then click OK.

    Note

    You can add multiple criteria to refine the view to fit your needs.

  6. Customize the appearance of the alert view on the Display tab. You can specify the columns to display, the sort order for the columns, and the manner in which items are grouped.

  7. Click OK to create the view.

The new view is saved in the Monitoring node of the navigation pane.