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Configuring System Alert Notification


This topic describes how to configure system alert notification. It includes the following information:

Creating a System Alert Profile

Use the following procedure for creating a system alert profile.

To create a system alert profile

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Server Configuration screen, then the Enterprises view.
  2. Select the System Alerts view tab.
  3. In the System Alerts view, click New to create a system alert profile record.
  4. Enter values for system alert profile Name, Alias, and Description.
  5. Click the Media column drop-down list and select the system alert notification medium.
  6. Click Menu, and then Save Record.
  7. In the Alert Parameters list, enter values to define the communication parameters. For example, define the email addresses and email server if the notification medium is by email notification.

Configuring Server Components to Use System Alerts

Use the following procedure for configuring server components to use system alerts by setting applicable server component parameters.

To configure components to use system alerts

  1. Navigate to the Administration - Server Configuration screen, then the Enterprises view.
  2. Select the Component Groups view tab.
  3. In the Component Groups list, select the Siebel Server component group of interest.
  4. In the Components list, select the server component of interest.
  5. In the Component Parameters list, query for and set the parameters described in the following table.
Parameter Name
Parameter Alias
Description

Notification Handler

NotifyHandler

The name of the system alert profile, which specifies the notification medium and settings for the component alerts. Set this value to the alias name of the system alert profile that you defined previously.

Disable Notification

DisableNotification

A Boolean value that enables or disables server component notification. The default value is False.

Time to Wait for doing Notification

NotifyTimeOut

Specifies the amount of time to wait in milliseconds for connecting to the named pipe, which is a system element used in notification communications. If the named pipe does not reply within the specified time, then the notification is terminated. The default value is 100 milliseconds.

Notification Action on Task Exit

NotifyOnTaskExit

An integer value that determines if notifications are sent in case of error. A value of 0 disables error notifications. A value of 1 enables error notifications. The default value is 0.

Set this parameter to 1 to configure system alerts.

NOTE:  This parameter is an advanced parameter, which might not be set for display in the GUI.

Related Topics

About Siebel System Parameters

About Advanced and Hidden Parameters

Configuring Siebel Enterprise Parameters

About System Alert Notification

Creating a System Alert Profile

Troubleshooting System Alert Notification

Configuring Siebel Server Parameters

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