I was beginning to think that was what I was going to have to do. Ugh. At least this will remind me, again, why I switched majors in college. (I am not the best programmer in the world. I'm too left handed. :P) Always look on the bright side. It's a good exercise in scripting skill.
-----Original Message----- From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Setting up notifications for Dell Server failures There is no automatic "email" option in OpenManage - I don't know why, but there isn't. However, there is a "run a program" option, and it is dead easy to configure a canned VBscript to send you an email. -- Durf On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Jim Majorowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I'm missing where I configure this to send the message when an Alert > occurs. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Setting up notifications for Dell Server failures > > OpenManage like Terry said, or a DRAC card if it has it installed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:15 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Setting up notifications for Dell Server failures > > Do you have the Openmanage software installed? I am pretty sure it can > automatically do this for you if you configure it correctly? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Majorowicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 1:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Setting up notifications for Dell Server failures > > We have a customer with a Dell PowerEdge 1800 tower that has had a bad > habit of failing a particular SCSI drive. This server has managed to > kill 4 drives in slot 0:1 and one drive each in 0:2 and 0:4. Dell has > been great with the warranty replacements, even went as far as to > replace the entire subsystem, but it didn't solve the problem. > > > > I got Dell to agree to sell me an additional drive at cost to add to the > array as a spare. (One of the failures included two drives over the > weekend, prompting a real emergency when the server went offline.) > > > > What I need help with is after I install and configure the array spare > how to notify myself or my office that a drive has failed? Always > before, we've relied on the customer to notify us when buzzer alarm > noise sounds. It is my understanding that after the spare is installed, > the buzzer won't sound until a second drive fails and there is no spare > to take up the slack. > > > > I need to be able to know when a drive fails so I can start the warranty > process with Dell hopefully before a second drive fails. > > > > Regards, > > Jim Majorowicz, MCP > > Sr. Network Engineer > > SBPI_US_rgb > > Whitsell Computer Services > > (503) 297-8440x12 > > www.whitsell.com > > We can support you no matter where you are. Ask me for details. > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
