# OMSA-notify
Synopsis
Dell OpenManager Server Administrator (OMSA) Notification Script.
This script updates your Dell OMSA Alert Management settings to call this script when alerts happen performing three actions; sending SMTP email of the alert, logging the alert to the Windows System event logs, and writes a local log file of alerts and errors.
Contributors
Installation
- Copy OMSANotify.ps1 to a folder on the server (Example: C:\Scripts)
- Update the setup variables in the script to match your environment
- $EmailSmtpServer = "smtp.domain.local" #Your SMTP server
- $EmailDomainSender = "domain.local" #The domain portion of your email address
- $EmailTo = "recipient@domain.local" #Email to send to
- $EmailReplyTo = "no-reply@domain.local" #Email to send as
- From an Admin PowerShell run the script with the setup switch .\OMSANotify.ps1 -Setup
- The script will update each alert type in OMSA to use the OMSANotify.ps1 script
- Check in OMSA to verify the changes were made successfully OMSA -> Alert Management -> All Alerts -> Execute Application = Enabled + Script
Tests
Testing the script setup.
- From an Admin PowerShell run the script with the test switch .\OMSANotify.ps1 -Test
- This will send a test email to the $EmailTo in the script
Testing OMSA integration. You can alter a thermal probe to think it's outside of it's range to trigger and alert.
- Login into OMSA and navigate to Shutdown -> Thermal Shutdown -> Thermal Protection Shutdown Severity = Disabled
- If it is enabled it is up to your discretion to disable it for testing.
- Navigate to Main System Chassis -> Temperatures -> Choose a Probe -> Set to Values = Minimum Warning Threshold = Current Reading + 1
- When you apply the setting you should instantly get an alert
- While on the same page either choose Set to Default or Set to Values of your original value
- If you altered the Thermal Protection Shutdown Severity set it back to your desired configuration
Debugging
If the script errors during the email sending action it will write the error to a local fil named OMSANotify-error.log to help in debugging.
The Dell OMSA path must be in your system path or the calls to update OMSA will fail.
The current version of OMSA-Notify does not work with SMTP credentials.