Alerts post 5.6 – fire a single Alert to test

[Jim Kosloskey]

We are in the process of migrating to 6.0 from 5.6.

We know the Alerts changed after 5.6.

One thing we always desired was a mechanism to fire a specific alert of the alert set (default.alrt) to test it and potentially exploit the alert configuration from within Tcl.

I see an alert can specify a Tcl proc to execute but what I am talking about is a method to fire a specific alert from a Tcl proc under a condition not specified in the Alert but rather a condition detected by any Tcl proc.

Thanks

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 30+ years Cloverleaf, 60 years IT – old fart.

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[Brent Fenderson]

Jim, One suggestion would be to set up a file change alert, then have the tcl script modify the file to get the alert to fire.

[Jim Kosloskey]

Brent that is a good suggestion.

I am still hoping a release of Cloverleaf will allow the test firing of an alert to make sure all of the pieces that activate after the trigger work properly before a real situation occurs.

Now that each Alert in the Alert file has an Alert Name, there is a way to reference a specific Alert.

If the need arises to actually fire off an alert from a Tcl proc using your suggestion will work. However, ideally I don’t want to have to have file handling be part of the process.

Thanks again.

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 30+ years Cloverleaf, 60 years IT – old fart.

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