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Don_22992
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Jan 28, 2008

Email notification of node/vs down

I have searched for a while now, and have not found a solution.     Alertd appears to be the method of sending an email alert; how do I tell it a node is down?     Or a custom scripted mon...
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hooleylist
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Jan 28, 2008
As far as I'm aware, you need to configure each field individually for every alert definition.

 

 

I think there are some variables available for the hostname of the unit, but after digging through old notes, I can't find any documentation of this. Does anyone else know how you can use a variable which is resolved to the hostname of the unit in the alert.conf file?

 

 

Also, once you configure the alert.conf, make sure to back it up as I think it gets overwritten in upgrades.

 

 

Aaron