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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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Apr 16, 2009
That's good to know

 

 

The issue with modifying the alert.conf (as opposed to the user_alert.conf) is that the alert.conf isn't saved in a UCS file by default and even if you manually configure it so the alert.conf is saved in a UCS file, it could get overwritten in an upgrade/hotfix installation. So if you have a checklist for post-upgrade items, I'd suggest adding a check of the alert.conf.

 

 

You can modify the files saved in a UCS following the steps in SOL4422:

 

 

SOL4422: Viewing and modifying the files that are configured for inclusion in a UCS archive

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/400/sol4422.html (Click here)

 

 

hwidjaja had a good solution which doesn't involve editing the alert.conf (Click here).

 

 

Aaron