Hello, I am looking to better configure our alert subscriptions. Currently any critical or warning alert generated spits out an alert to 1 group containing everyone. I am looking for a way to split this into their own respective alert sections based on which server is generating the alert For example Apps Support - any alerts to do with appserver1, appserver2 etc.. Exchange Support - any alerts to do with exchserver1, exchserver2, etc.. Database Support - any alerts to do with dbserver1, dbserver2, etc What would be the best way to approach this? Any help would be appreciated, Thank you

Create a subscriber for each group. For each alert you want to link to a subscriber, create the subscription between the individual alert and the subscriber (group) Microsoft Corporation

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depending on the way your groups are split up (i mean the people groups) and if they actually the whole machine. So if the exchange group takes care of the whole exchange server (including operating system, IIS components and of course exchange...), you could group those servers together and create a subscription for that specific group of servers (if they confirm to a naming convention or are from a single OU in AD you can have them grouped by dynamic memberships). And that subscription would go to the emailaddress of the exchange group. You can do the same for other groups (like SQL). If you have multiple groups managing one server (like the first group does the OS layer of all servers and the exchange group does only the exchange application layer) you could use the grouping of roles.. SO you would create a subscription for the group Microsofot Exchange 2010 all server roles - group. This is a group targetted at only the exchange role and anything in lower levels, but not going up to higher level (operating system). Of course you can also make subscriptions against classes. My guess is you have the first situation and that one is quite easy to do. Just create groups of machines. Next target a few subscriptions to those groups and point them to specific emailaddresses and you are done.Bob Cornelissen - BICTT (My BICTT Blog)

Hello Bob, Yes what I am trying to do is more like scenario 1 where the support group is responsible for the entire server (os and application). If I create a new group using the wizard do i select "agent" in the search criteria and add servers to that group based on the agents I select or do I need to create the groups based on a different criteria? Will this generate alerts for all issues on that server or just os? or just application? Thanks

Hi, I would not select the agent, but the Windows Computer objects (when you type the name of a server you will see one entry with a windows flag in the icon) and add those machines to the group. Or just use Windows Computer from the dropdown menu. And this will show (and email) the alerts for the windows computer and anything below it (so also exchange running on that machine).Bob Cornelissen - BICTT (My BICTT Blog)

That worked. Thank you for your help.