Execute an OS Command

If you select the Execute an OS command action:

Alert_Action_OSCommand
Editing Alert Actions — Alert Action: Execute an OS Command

•	Enter a command line to be executed. The command:

▪	can be a program utility or a script shell, and can have arguments

▪	can contain alert action macros that will be replaced at runtime

▪	must be non-interactive (no window, no user input).

•	Enter the username and password used to run the command.

•	Click Next and Finish.

See also

•	Trigger a PATROL event

•	Annotate the parameter's graph

•	Execute a PSL command

•	Send a pop-up to the PATROL Consoles

•	Write a line to a log file

•	Send a basic SNMP trap

•	Send a custom SNMP trap (advanced)

•	Send an e-mail