I have tried several options:

The first was to have multiple alerts with the "On Event" specified for
a particular event. The problem was that if the device goes down, all of
the alerts will process (including the alerts that have "On Event"
specified).

I also tried using multiple Icons. Setting the UP/Down message on the
first Icon and setting the "On Event" alerts on the second Icon. I then
made the second Icon UP Dependant on the first Icon. This option works
correctly, but it doubles the number of Icons on the Map and is
difficult to configure if you have a lot of servers.

The best way I have found is to use a program in the Alert. I wrote a
simple VBScript program that is assigned to the alert. I pass several of
the '%' variables to the program. The program interrogates the variables
in the program and determine if an email should be sent and who should
receive it. The VBScript then uses SMTP to send the email.

This method allows me to have a single Icon with a single Alert as the
VBScript processes UP, DOWN, SCVUP, SVCDOWN, and SNMP alerts. This
approach allows me to filter out certain SNMP events and allows me to
send more meaningful messages.

I realize that this doesn't solve your request for sending email and sms
messages, but it will work if you can find a way to send an sms message
from a VBScript program (or some other programming language).


Norm Segner
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

"There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary,
and those who don't." 


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike
Krygeris
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 11:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Excluding some alerts?

Ok, I noodled through this one and came up with a convoluted way to this
without multiple icons. 

1. Create a syslog notification that tends a notify to itself(WUGsIP)
with the service name and device info in the notify.
2. Go to Configure->Events Library and create a new syslog event name
after your service being monitored.  Match on the servicename..IE.
~HTTP.
3. Go to your icon for the local WUG and go to your events properties.
Add Event type "Syslog" "any", or the one you created from step #2. 
4. Add a new SMS alert for the WUG icon. Choose "on event" -> "only
these specific events..." Then check off the ones you want.
5. Profit!!

It might take a while to get configured but it should work. 


HTH,
Mike Krygeris
Somix Technologies, INC 



-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ashleigh
Kirby
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:25 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Excluding some alerts?


This is exactly what I have been looking for too. I posted a similar
query
here a while ago, but got no response. I have come to the conclusion
that
the answer is NO. Another feature request maybe?

-----Original Message-----
From: Finbom Magnus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Sent: 29 October 2003 15:14
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Exkluding some alerts?

Hello!

I have some servers with several monitored services.
Some critical and some not so critical.
And I have two alerts , one sms and one email, on this server.

Now I want to configure so that alerts to sms only are sent when a
critical
service is down. And I dont want to have an sms when the not-critical
service goes down.

Anyone with a good idea on how to fix this? The only thing I can find
out is
to have two devices on the map for this server, (maybe one on a separate
map).


Best regards
Magnus Finbom
IT-Engineer(Microsoft MCP, MCP+I, MCSE-NT4)
Lansforsakringar Skaraborg
Bank and Insurance
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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