SMS: How to Set Up SMS Alert Actions Write To a Log File

 Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
Article ID: Q153663

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2

SUMMARY

Microsoft Systems Management Server Alerts can be configured to echo a line of text to either a server console or file when the query condition is triggered.

To display a popup message on the server console, use the following command line: 

   CMD /C echo this is a test
To write the alerts to a file (Alerts.txt) on the server, use the following command line: 

   CMD /C echo this is a test >> c:\Alerts.txt

Additional query words: prodsms alert message create
Keywords : kbusage smshowto smsutil
Version : 1.0 1.1 1.2
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 24, 1997
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