Setting-up alert for services

If you would like to be notified when any service experiences any problems then you need to create an alert. This topic describes all the necessary steps that are required to do that.

1.Click the Alerts icon located on the Main page ribbon to open the alerts window.

2.Click the Add alert icon located on the main toolbar to create a new alert.
The alert properties window will open. With this window you will create an event that will trigger the alert and add actions to be executed when the alert is raised.

3.Click the New button located on the right side of the event combo box. This will allow you to create an event.
For services you should select the Service down or the Service performance event type. Create an event according to the information in the Event properties topic.

4.Click the add icon and define the action to be executed when an alert is raised. You can select any existing action or also create a new action. To create a new action, click the New button located on the right side of the action combo box. Create an action according to the information in the Action properties topic.