Hi,

We have a scenario where two IP's having a single host name. In SCOM the two IP addresses have been discovered under a single host name

E.g

abc.domain.com

abc.domain.com

When i click the properties i could see that these are two different IP's. We have created SNMP monitors for these devices and when they alert the alert descriptions looks confusing as they show the same host name for both the IP addresses. Tried to bing but could not find much help.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2007/12/12/adding-custom-information-to-alert-descriptions-and-notifications.aspx 

But these do not mention on how to pull out the IP addresses in alert description. We have currently used the below syntax but still get the host name rather than the IP.

$Target/Property[Type="MicrosoftSystemCenterNetworkDeviceLibrary6172210!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice"]/IPAddress$  

Please a

Hi!

You could create an "override" for the alert name or alert description. More here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mariussutara/archive/2008/07/15/monitor-from-sealed-mp-generated-alert-and-i-do-not-like-its-description.aspx

HTH,
Patrick