Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference

1.4 ALERT

Purpose

Use at the server console to manage NetWare® alerts. You can enable or disable the display and logging of specific alerts, limit the amount of information displayed with an alert, and control other aspects of alert messages.

Syntax



ALERT nmID command On|Off

Parameter	Use to
nmID	Specify the nmID number of the alert you want to manage. This number appears in parentheses whenever the alert is generated. For example, server address changes cause a 50019 alert. The alert message includes the alert ID number in brackets, like this: [nmID=50019].
command	Specify the functionality to be turned on or off for the alert. Valid command values are: EVENT LOG EVERYONE CONSOLE BELL ID LOCUS ALERT NMID ALL
On\|Off	Enable or disable the functionality of the command parameter.

Parameter

Use to

nmID

Specify the nmID number of the alert you want to manage. This number appears in parentheses whenever the alert is generated.

For example, server address changes cause a 50019 alert. The alert message includes the alert ID number in brackets, like this: [nmID=50019].

command

Specify the functionality to be turned on or off for the alert.

Valid command values are:

EVENT
LOG
EVERYONE
CONSOLE
BELL
ID
LOCUS
ALERT
NMID
ALL

On|Off

Enable or disable the functionality of the command parameter.

Command Parameter Values

Command	Function
EVENT	Generates an event when the alert is generated.
LOG	Sends the alert message to a log file.
EVERYONE	Sends the alert to everyone on the network.
CONSOLE	Displays the alert message on the server console.
BELL	Sounds a warning bell when the alert is generated.
ID	Displays ID information. This information appears in some older error and alert messages but is no longer used.
LOCUS	Displays locus information. This information appears in some older error and alert messages but is no longer used.
ALERT	Generates the alert.
NMID	Displays the alert nmID in the alert message.
ALL	Enables or disables the LOG, CONSOLE, EVERYONE, and BELL commands at the same time.

Using ALERT

Use ALERT to stop the logging of less important alerts or to prevent the repeated display of alerts you don't want to see on the server console.
You can specify one command parameter at a time. Repeat the ALERT command to execute additional command parameters. (The exception is the ALL command, which lets you set the LOG, CONSOLE, EVERYONE and BELL commands at the same time.)

Examples

The following command turns off logging, console display, and the warning bell for everyone on the network for all 50019 alerts (a server address change alert):
```
ALERT 50019 ALL Off
```
The following command turns off logging of all 50019 alerts.
```
ALERT 50019 LOG Off
```