Alert-triggered Scripts

You can write a shell script and configure an alert to execute the script.

Use scripts to help manage and respond to alerts. A script might trigger a visual alarm in a control center or send e-mail about the alert to a list of addresses (a way of supplementing the alert subscription feature, which accepts a single address).

When you configure an alert to execute a script, you:

Scripts are executed under the login account used to start Sybase Control Center. Make sure that account has permissions that allow it to perform the actions contained in all scripts.

Warning!  Use caution in writing scripts. A poorly designed script can cause a blocking situation, creating a lock-up in your Sybase Control Center server.


Created February 25, 2010. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com