Configure the Schedule
The Schedule tab of a monitoring rule allows users to define how frequently the rule will alert. This can be done by adjusting the following fields:
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Alert Every Time: Defines whether an alert is generated every time the conditions are on the previous tab are met.
- When checked the alert is generated every time the conditions are met.
- When unchecked, the alert is only generated if the alert conditions are met, and the Minimal Notification Interval is exceeded since the last alert for this type.
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Minimal Notification Interval: Defines the minimal interval that must elapse between events for this alert before another alert will be generated.
- The Alert Every Time checkbox must be unchecked in order to use this option.
- For ServerWatch IP Services, this also defines the minimum elapsed time since a service is first detected as down or failed before an alert is generated.
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Maximum Notification Interval: Defines the maximum number of times you want to be notified during a continuous failure situation.
- A value of 0 means no maximum is defined so you will continue to be notified according to your Alert Every Time and Minimal Notification Interval settings.
- A non-zero value means that after you have been notified the number of times defined in the Maximum Alert Notifications, and according to your Alert Every Time and Minimal Notification Interval settings, you will not be notified again.
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Notify On Restore: Defines whether a 'Restore' alert is generated if you have previously been alerted due to a failure.
- There is always a Notify on Restore for a ServerWatch for IP Service
- Active Only if Server 'Owns".... This Cluster Group: This option is for monitoring machines that are apart of a cluster. If the checkbox is checked, then the rule is monitoring and will alert only if the server is a member of a cluster, 'owns' the specified Cluster Group and the specified Cluster Group is 'Online'.
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Alert 1st Time After ___ Failures: This field allows for the alert to only trigger if the event is happening continuously.
- For example, if 5 is defined, the event will not trigger until it has occurred 5 times or more in a row. Events 1-4 will be ignored.
- Run Program Every: This is a required field where you would designate how frequently the program will execute
- Start At Date/Time: Defines the starting point for the executable. The GPM Agent attempts to always run the executable at a periodic rate that is an even increment from the Start Date/Time plus the Run Program Every rate
Additional Configuration
For additional configuration options please see the following articles:
- Enabling Notifications:
- Configure Custom Remediation