Alert Policy: Global Email or SMS Alert Setting
It can be time-consuming to configure Alerts on a device-by-device or check-by-check. Through the Alert Policy you can setup how alerting is handled across all of your devices for newly added as well as existing Checks.
- Go to Settings > Alerts > Alert Policy
- Choose Server Alerts, Workstation Alerts or Service Alerts (AppControl)
- Navigate to the section for the Check Frequency, Operating System or Service you wish to configure the Checks for
- Enable (or disable) the Alert type box(es) against the appropriate Checks or Services
- To also use these settings for existing Checks
- Click the Update column against the new settings
- Apply to change the alerting behavior
- OK to save and apply
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Alert Type |
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Outage Email Alert |
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Recovery Email Alert |
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Outage SMS Alert |
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Recovery SMS Alert |
Where the Update option is not applied, these settings are only used by newly installed devices or newly added Checks.