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Alert Notification Subscription Variables, and linking that to the console, database, and SDK

Attached you will find a spreadsheet, with all the possible alert notification subscription variables that I am aware of. In this spreadsheet, I link these to the same values in the Alert table of the DB, the alert view of the DB, the Console alert view,

Creating custom dynamic computer groups based on registry keys on agents

I have had a few requests now for this, so I thought I would take the time to write up the process.     Lets say I have three support levels of servers:   Level 1 – servers critical to business operations (ex: customer facing web applications,

Creating granular alert notifications - rule by rule, monitor by monitor

  Using OpsMgr Notifications in the real world - Part 2 This is a continuation of my advanced notifications posts.... from http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2008/06/26/using-opsmgr-notifications-in-the-real-world-part-1.aspx    
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Using OpsMgr Notifications in the real world - Part 1

Using notifications such as email, has proven to be somewhat difficult in OpsMgr .  I get questions from each and every customer I work with on this topic.... as most people never get these to work as they want, or expect, without fully understanding
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Creating a Group based on OU (Organizational Unit) in Active Directory

  Here is a really cool feature of Opsmgr:  the ability to create groups easily based on any discovered attribute of an object.   OU is something that is part of the Windows Computer object discovery.  If you examine a state view –

Configuring Notifications - to include specific alerts from specific groups and classes

So.... Say I am an Exchange Administrator in a global company.... in the good old USA. My company has recently implemented OpsMgr 2007 to monitor our Exchange servers. I am going to configure my notification subscriptions so I can get an email anytime
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Adding custom information to alert description (s) and notifications

This is just a dump of some alert description variables I pulled from several other bloggers: Custom Properties for Alert Description and Notification: Alert Description Variables:   For event Rules: EventDisplayNumber (Event ID):            
 
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