Table of Contents
- Getting Started
- Agent-Based Management
- Data Providers
- Directory Services
- Auditing
- Hosts
- Templates
- Template Properties
- Batch Update Templates
- Assign Templates
- Log Management Templates
- File and Directory Monitor Templates
- Windows Monitor Templates
- Account Lockout Monitor Template
- Logon Monitor Template
- CPU Monitor Template
- Memory Monitor Template
- Disk Space Monitor Template
- SMART Monitor Template
- Process Monitor Template
- Service Monitor Template
- Performance Counter Monitor Template
- PowerShell Template
- Registry Value Monitor Template
- Active Directory User Monitor Template
- Active Directory User Integrity Monitor Template
- Task Scheduler Template
- Clock Synchronization Template
- Defragment NTFS Disks Template
- Windows Audit Policy Monitor Template
- Windows Logon As Monitor Template
- Windows Update Template
- Network and Application Monitor Templates
- Database Monitor Template
- Directory Service Monitor Template
- DNS Blacklist Monitor Template
- DNS Monitor Template
- Domain Expiration Monitor Template
- Network Speed Monitor Template
- Ping Monitor Template
- Database Table Reseed
- SQL Server Shrink and Backup Template
- SSH Shell
- TCP Port Scan Monitor Template
- Website Monitor Template
- SSL Certificate Monitor Templates
- Email Monitor Templates
- SNMP Monitor Templates
- Windows Accounts Templates
- Monitors
- Reports
- Auto-Configurators
- Filters
- Actions
- Schedules
- Environment Variables
- Options
- Account Lockout Monitoring and Reporting
- Merging Logs
- SNMP
- SSH Shell
- Syslog
- Exporting and Importing Configuration Objects
- Shared Views
- Active Directory User and Group Filters
- Assign Actions
- Assign Azure Audit Logs
- Assign Consolidated Logs
- Assign Directories
- Assign Disks
- Assign Event Logs
- Assign Files
- Assign Services
- Assign Shares
- Auto-Config Host Assignment Properties
- Define CSV and W3C Log Entry Columns
- Define Log Entry Columns
- Define Log Entry Columns with Regular Expressions
- Executable Status
- Executable Timeline
- Explicitly Assigned Logs
- File Explorer
- General Executable Properties
- Report Columns
- Report Date/Time Ranges
- Report Security Event Log Filters
- Select Folder or File
- Target Files and Sub-Directories
- Command Line Interface
- Troubleshooting
- Terminology
Email Actions
Email Actions enable you to receive email notification when executables such as monitors and reports start, trigger, complete, error and recover. You can also use email actions to received scheduled reports inline or as attachments.
To create an Email Action
- From the Menu Bar select File | New. The Create New Object View displays.
- Select Alerts and Actions. The New Action view displays.
- Use the Name text box to specify a unique name.
- From the Type drop-down select Email.
- Use the Recipient options drop-down to:
Option | Description |
---|---|
Email to host contacts and recipients below | Sends emails to both assigned emails below and to all of the emails listed in the Host Contact Properties Tab. |
Email to host contacts | Only sends emails listed in the Host Contact Properties Tab and ignores the emails below. |
Email to recipients below | Only sends emails to each assigned email below and ignores the emails listed in the Host Contact Properties Tab. |
- Use the Subject text box to specify the email subject. Use the button to include variables such as the {HOST} or {LOG} the email pertains too. When assigning actions to templates that implement regular expression columns, you have the option of displaying the regular expression variable values in any of the available text boxes that include the variable tag button (e.g. The email subject line in email actions). In any action property that includes the variable button, insert your regular expression column key then replace the '<' and '>' with '{' and '}' respectively. For example, replace <TARGET_ACCOUNT_NAME> with {TARGET_ACCOUNT_NAME}.
- Use the Type drop-down to:
Option | Description |
---|---|
HTML | Send an HTML formatted email. |
Text | Send a plain text formatted email. |
Attachment | Send an email with report content and trigger information as an attached file. |
To send an HTML email
- From the Type drop-down, select HTML.
- Use the Override the default HTML template option to specify your own HTML template. If selected, use the Data table template control to select the .html file to use in-place of the default file:C:\Program Files\Corner Bowl\Server Manager\HtmlTemplates\data-template.html
- use the Include graphs checkbox to include historical graphs when applicable (e.g. CPU Load over Time).
- use the Include timeline checkbox to include the timeline image (e.g. Ping Monitor Uptime).
To send a text email
- From the Type drop-down, select Text.
- Use the Message text box to specify the email body. Use the button to include variables such as the {HOST} or {LOG} the email pertains too.
To attach report content as an attachment
- From the Type drop-down, select Attachment.
- From the File type drop-down select the file type to generate:
File Type | Description |
---|---|
CSV | Exports report content to tables in a CSV file. |
HTML | Export report content to an HTML file using either the default or the assigned HTML template. |
Exports report content to an HTML file then converts the HTML file to a PDF file. | |
TXT | Exports report content to a UTF-8 text file. |
- Use the Compress to ZIP format option to compress the attached file.
Other options
- Use the Compress and attached monitored files option when monitoring text-based log files and you want to attach the files that triggered this action.
How to optimize email action content for cell phones:
Many of the email notifications and reports contain multiple rows of data which require users to manually zoom and pan to review on their cell phones. Server Manager includes a sample email action that is optimized for cell phones called Send an Email (Cell Phone) which can be found in the Explorer View under the Actions/Email group.
If you open this sample action's properties view, you can see the default HTML Template (data-template.html) has been overridden with another installed HTML Template called data-rows-template.html. The default HTML Template includes a tag called {DATA_TABLES} where as the cell phone HTML Template has replaced this value with {DATA_ROWS}. When the {DATA_ROWS} tag is applied, each row in each table is converted to a single table with each column name and value converted to a single row in the table enabling any table to display properly on a cell phone.