How to Integrate SolarWinds Orion Best Practices
Summary
Solarwinds has two trigger actions that can be used to pass messages to PageGate: Dial Page or SMS and Execute an external program The Dial Page or SMS trigger action is the easiest to use, but it requires PageGate to be installed on the same computer as the Solarwinds application. This trigger action allows you, in Solarwinds, to select from the list of recipients and groups youve entered into PageGate. The Execute an external program trigger action is commonly used when the Solarwinds and the PageGate applications are installed on different computers. Using the command syntax shown above, and using the example directory, then a message that says This is a test could be sent to the ITAlerts group by using the following command: c:\Integration\Alerts\sendpage32.exe ITAlerts Solarwinds This is a test On the delivery/output side of things, there are many options on how PageGate can deliver text messages to wireless carriers. Cellular modems, on the other hand, can require a physical USB/RS-232 connection which can be more challenging to setup and configure for a virtual machine.
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