Looking for a way to add AD site information to email alert notifications. We have a global enviornment and it's difficult for NOC personnel to know where a server resides in order to contact the appropriate geographic personnel. (Our server names do not include a geographic reference). I'd like to do this at the channel level, but I don't believe the the AD Site property is exposed at the channel level. For example, take a look at the following channel format settings, which do NOT work: Alert: $Data/Context/DataItem/AlertName$ Source: $Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityDisplayName$ Path: $Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityPath$ Last modified by: $Data/Context/DataItem/LastModifiedBy$ Last modified time: $Data/Context/DataItem/LastModifiedLocal$ Alert description: $Data/Context/DataItem/AlertDescription$ AD Site: $Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityActiveDirectorySite$ My other options is to include the AD site in the individual rule or monitor alert properities, which is fine for the rules we create, but isn't possible for the hundreds of rules and monitors in sealed management packs. (Which is why I was hoping to do it at the channel level). I've looked at several forum postings with a list of the different variables that are accessible within scom, so please don't forward links to those postings unless you know of one specific to the AD Site attribute that is accessible from a channel. If such as option is not available, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to include geographic site information into alert notifications? Thanks, Scott...

First, you'd want to find a class with a propety that contains Active Directory site information. The notification channel can only pass information that is discovered and present on a managed entity. The Active Directory site is actually a pretty dynamic property, as this can change with every boot of a computer based on it's IP address and subnet info defined in Active Directory. If you don't see this info already, you'd need to extend an existing object class to include an extra propety and proivde an object discovery to populate this property. But even then, getting that info into notifications may requie you to resort to using PowerShell in the command channel to retieve and format information like you want. Off the top of my head, here's what comes to mind and hopefully gives you some perspective and direction for additional investigation.Pete Zerger, MVP-OpsMgr and SCE | http://www.systemcentercentral.com