Using HP Openview to send email notifications for node outages

[menace212]

I'm attempting to try to setup a email notification from Openview, but I don't where to start....I can I setup HP Openview to send me or a group of users email notifications when a node goes down for more than 5 minutes. Does HP Openview have it's own MTA or will it use Sun's MTA(sendmail).

 

[z28sarefun]

I generally just use a script that calls a facility like mailx to send the mail. There may be a more elegant way to do it but that works.

 

[Rovent]

i use Perl and either the MIME::Lite or Net::SMTP package, depending if you need to include links (MIME) or not (Net). With the Windows port of OV, Perl is included, so it's really easy to use. . .

 

[MikeLacey]

Included but with no modules to speak of which is most annoying... I have auto installation routines for the NET::* modules now.

Mike

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