Scenario
You’ve successfully installed and configured System Center Essentials (SCE) 2010. You now need to configure notifications.
There are 3 parts to this:
- Channels
- Subscribers
- Subscriptions
Find out how they all work together below.
Solution
- Open the System Center Essentials console and navigate to Administration > Notifications > Channels:
- In the Tasks panel on the right, select New > E-Mail (SMTP):
- Choose a channel name and description:
- Click Add, enter your SMTP server details, then choose a return address:
- Accept the default notification format by clicking Finish, then Close:
- Navigate to Administration > Notifications > Subscribers:
- In the Tasks panel on the right, select New…
- Click the “…” button to the right of the Subscriber Name field, and select an account from Active Directory:
- Specify whether to always send notifications, or only during specified times:
- Click Add and enter the details for your subscriber address:
- Click Finish, then Close to complete the wizard:
- Navigate to Administration > Notifications > Subscriptions:
- Enter a name and description for your subscription:
- Select the subscription criteria:
- Add the subscribers that will be notified when the subscription criteria is met:
- Add your channels and select your Alert Aging preference:
- Review the subscription settings and click Finish, then Close:
Once you have setup your Channels and Subscribers, you can easily add more Subscriptions by right-clicking on Alerts in the Monitoring view:
- Navigate to Monitoring > Active Alerts:
- Right-click on an alert and select Notification subscription > Create…:
- The subscription details will be filled in automatically, so just go through and confirm they’re correct:
- Add the subscribers and channels as before:
- Review the subscription settings and click Finish, then Close:
