The Alerts - Protection Violation page alerts when a file is changed or access violation detected on a managed machine. Options include Distributed file changed on agent and was updated, File access violation detected, and Network access violation detected.
Prerequisites
Passing Alert Information to Emails and Procedures
The following type of alert emails can be sent and formatted:
Note: Changing this email alarm format changes the format for all Protection Violation
alert emails.
The following variables can be included in your formatted email alerts and are passed to agent procedures assigned to the alert.
Within an Email |
Within a Procedure |
Description |
<at> |
#at# |
alert time |
<db-view.column> |
not available |
Include a view.column from the database. For example, to include the computer name of the machine generating the alert in an email, use <db-vMachine.ComputerName> |
<gr> |
#gr# |
group ID |
<id> |
#id# |
machine ID |
<pv> |
#pv# |
violation description from Agent Log |
|
#subject# |
subject text of the email message, if an email was sent in response to an alert |
|
#body# |
body text of the email message, if an email was sent in response to an alert |
Apply
Click Apply to apply parameters to selected machine IDs. Confirm the information has been applied correctly in the machine ID list.
Clear
Click Clear to remove all parameter settings from selected machine IDs.
Create Alarm
If checked and an alert condition is encountered, an alarm is created. Alarms are displayed in Monitor > Dashboard List, Monitor > Alarm Summary and Info Center > Reporting > Reports > Logs > Alarm Log.
Create Ticket
If checked and an alert condition is encountered, a ticket is created.
Run Script
If checked and an alert condition is encountered, an agent procedure is run. You must click the select agent procedure link to choose an agent procedure to run. You can optionally direct the agent procedure to run on a specified range of machine IDs by clicking this machine ID link. These specified machine IDs do not have to match the machine ID that encountered the alert condition.
Email Recipients
If checked and an alert condition is encountered, an email is sent to the specified email addresses.
Distributed file changed on agent and was updated
If checked, an alert is triggered when a file distributed using Procedure > Distributed File is changed on the managed machine. The agent verifies the distributed file at every full check-in.
File access violation detected
If checked, an alert is triggered when an attempt is made to access a file specified as blocked using Agent > File Access.
Network access violation detected
If checked, an alert is triggered when an attempt is made to access either an internal or external internet site using an application specified as blocked using Agent > Network Access.
Select All/Unselect All
Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.
Check-in status
These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine. Hovering the cursor over a check-in icon displays the agent Quick View window.
Online but waiting for first audit to complete
Agent online
Agent online and user currently logged on.
Agent online and user currently logged on, but user not active for 10 minutes
Agent is currently offline
Agent has never checked in
Agent is online but remote control has been disabled
The agent has been suspended
An agent icon adorned with a red clock badge is a temporary agent.
Edit Icon
Click a row's edit icon to populate header parameters with values from that row. You can edit these values in the header and re-apply them.
Machine.Group ID
The list of Machine.Group IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID filter and the machine groups the user is authorized to see using System > User Security > Scopes.
ATSE
The ATSE response code assigned to machine IDs or SNMP devices:
Email Address
A comma separated list of email addresses where notifications are sent.