DESCRIPTION:

Sometimes it’s helpful to automatically run a script if a certain alert happens. For example, delete log or temp files when a storage drive fills up.  Basically, it’s a DataSource that uses a PowerShell script. The script uses the LogicMonitor API to detect if a specified DataPoint on the Device/Resource  is alerting right now. If yes, then it runs the commands to delete some specified files/folders (or whatever commands you specify). If this action doesn’t work, an alert rule will continue to stage 2 which will send an alert to the usual people.

 

VIDEO:

INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Download and import this DataSource
  2. If you haven’t already, create an API user with tokens and set properties for ID, key, and company on a group or base of the ‘tree’. The DataSource needs this.
  3. Apply this new DataSource by setting a property on desired devices or group(s). I recommend using a property name that’s the same as the DataSource name i.e. “_Delete_files_if_alert”
  4. Create a ‘utility group’ for the sake of organization and more importantly to specify a special alert rule (as shown in video). I suggest you create an alert rule where stage 1 is nobody (or NoEscalation) and 4 minutes later Stage 2 etc goes to the usual people.
  5. Test by triggering an alert (you can create a big file or simply lower the threshold on an instance).

DISCLAIMER:

Tech support is not provided by LogicMonitor tech support but I will try to help as time permits.