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ChristiaanBassi's avatar
ChristiaanBassi
5 years ago

Configure Server Reboot Alert

I am checking to see if there is an LM alert that can be set up for when a Windows server is rebooted, intentionally or unintentional. We have an SFTP server and would like to be alerted as we have...
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mnagel
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5 years ago

This is simple enough, except there are two issues:

  • the default alert subject is annoying and confusing to clients -- it is easily fixed, but....
  • recovery alerts don't use the custom alert subject so you still get the annoying version for recoveries (unless you need them to ensure ticket closure).

Luckily, for reboots you don't usually want a recovery alert -- just one alert to let you know it happened. Our catchall is this, with specific versions for each client:

Our custom version of the alert subject is "##HOST## Rebooted ##VALUE## seconds ago"