Severity based on host name/type

[jezdikm]

Hi,

Is there any way how to trigger different severity for different servers from 1 item/trigger?

Eg. I've an item for syslogd process running check in general template. I would like to raise DISASTER if the process doesn't run on syslog server but only AVERAGE for other servers.

Some kind of macro feature for triggered severity.

Thanks

[tchjts1]

The way I would do it is to go to triggers for the server (host level) where I want it to be at disaster level, and clone the current "average" alert trigger.

I would then set the severity for the new trigger to Disaster, then disable the old trigger for "Average" at the host level.

You have to do that clone at the host level, not the template level. If you do it at the template level, it will apply to all servers in that tempalte.

[jezdikm]

The way I would do it is to go to triggers for the server (host level) where I want it to be at disaster level, and clone the current "average" alert trigger.

I would then set the severity for the new trigger to Disaster, then disable the old trigger for "Average" at the host level.

You have to do that clone at the host level, not the template level. If you do it at the template level, it will apply to all servers in that tempalte.

Hi,
Thank you for the reply. I'm aware of this solution. Unfortunately in large scale environment (hundreds of servers) this is not the option. That's why I mentioned the similarity to MACROS. I think it would be nice feature.

Thanks,
M.

[gospodin.horoshiy]

I've done it like so:

Created Template_Windows_Server_Level1
Created Template_Windows_Client_Level2 and linked it to the template above.

Server template has trigger "host is restarted" with warning severity - I would like to be notified if server restarts for some reason. And I don't care if some workstation is restarted by its user. So, in second tempalte I just changed the severity of the same trigger to Information. This solution assumes that if I need to change that trigger somehow, than I would change it in first template only since they are linked.