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The Sound File Notification plays a .wav file when an event occurs.
The Sound File Notification is executed on the computer running the ELM Server, not by any Consoles that may be connected to the ELM Server. If the ELM Server does not have any sound system (e.g., sound card, speakers), the sound file Notification Method cannot be used. See Note Below.
Sound File Settings Tab
| • | File Name - Enter the full path to the sound file, or click the Browse button to search for the file to use. If the file is on a UNC page, the ELM server account must have read access to the file. When selecting the path and filename using an ELM Console installed on a computer other than the ELM Server, the Browse button browses the local file system (e.g., the file system on the ELM Console computer), not the file system on the ELM Server. If you use the Browse button on a remote ELM Console to specify the path and filename for the sound file, the path and filename for the sound file must be identical on the ELM Console and ELM Server computers. |
| • | Volume - Adjusts the volume setting used when the file is played. |
Click the Test button to test the notification.
Note
For best results use the ELM Advisor Notification and Settings within the ELM Advisor tool to use this notification method at the desktop computer.
Threshold
Thresholds determine how many times identical events can occur before the Notification Method will be executed, or stopped from executing. There are three threshold settings available:
| • | Disable this notification when it is triggered. If the Notification Method is triggered the configured number of times within the specified time period, the notifications will stop. The Notification Method is then re-enabled after a specified time period . |
| • | Activate this notification method after it is triggered. When this threshold is selected, the notifications will not be processed unless the rule is triggered the specified number of times within the time period selected. |
| • | Consolidate notifications by waiting until either: |
| • | A specific number of similar events has occurred |
| • | A specific amount of time has elapsed |
To disable this Notification Method for older data sent from a Service Agent, check the box that says Disable this notification method for all Cached (old) data. By default, 60 minutes is the window of time which differentiates old data from new data. If an event occurred within the last hour, even though it may be from a Service Agent cache file, ELM will not treat it as (old) cached data. This feature is designed to account for, and notify you of, events that occur during brief ELM Server outages (reboots, service restart, etc.). This window of time can be changed by setting the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TNT Software\ELM Enterprise Manager\6.5\Settings\CacheDataTrigger value in the Registry on the ELM Server.
Threshold Events Counter
The threshold count increments only for identical events; that is, events that have the same four fields:
For example, if you configure a Beep Notification Method with the Threshold set to Disable when triggered 2 times within 5 minutes, and re-enable after 30 minutes, and within a 5 minute period the following events are received triggering rules that use this Notification Method:
| • | Generated: 4/10/2011 1:34:58 PM |
| • | Message: Performance data cannot be collected. |
| • | Time Generated: 4/10/2011 1:36:04 PM |
| • | Message: Performance data cannot be collected. |
Then because the four fields match, the events increment the count. Because two identical events occurred within the defined 5 minute period, the Notification Method will be disabled for additional matching events for 30 minutes, and automatically re-enabled thereafter. While the Notification Method is disabled for one group of events, it will send notifications for other (non-matching) events unless they also reach the threshold. The threshold count would not be incremented if the second event looked like this:
| • | Time Generated: 4/10/2011 1:34:58 PM |
| • | Message: Performance data cannot be collected. |
Because the Computer name is different in the above event, it is not considered an identical event, and therefore does not increment the threshold count for the first event (and thus does not disable the Notification Method).
Scheduled Hours
The Schedule setting for this Notification. The Schedule allows you to control when the Notification is run.
Select the times that this Notification is active. By default, the schedule is set to ON for all hours and all days. Mouse clicks toggle each time period ON and OFF. Clicking on an individual square will toggle the active schedule for that hour. Clicking on an hour at the top of the grid, or on a day of the week at the left of the grid will toggle the entire column or row. Keyboard equivalents are the arrow keys and the space bar.
Properties Tab
This read-only tab displays the properties of the selected object and the values for those properties.
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