How to set a ControlUp Trigger with multiple schedules?

Users discussed finding a clean way to set a trigger with multiple schedules for monitoring Horizon services. It was suggested to use a PowerShell script with IF logic for this. To prevent getting emails when the server closes for patching, a maintenance window could be set, with a different action taken if the service is down for more than 30 minutes. ControlUp’s Realtime DX can be used to set a custom schedule. An example script was provided, which requires the user to edit it with the event IDs they want to monitor for and any services to be excluded. This thread can be added to the FAQ page.

Read the entire ‘Finding a Clean Way to Set Trigger with Multiple Schedules for Horizon Services’ thread below:

Anyone find a clean way to set a trigger with multiple schedules? For example.

Do X when the trigger fires during business hours

Do Y when the trigger fires after business hours

Do I need to set up two triggers and point each one to the appropriate schedule?

the best bet would probably be a powershell script that includes the IF logic. @member or @member – what do you guys think?

actually its a bit more complex.

The trigger monitors for Horizon services to stop or crash. We get flooded with emails when the server goes down for patching. If i set a maintenance window, then I won’t get notified if the service is still down after patching and reboots complete.

i was hoping to make a different action during the maintenance window: IE: the service is down for more than 30 min.I have a script that does similar

It will check all the services specified and write an event if it’s stopped and set to automatic. Then it will read the events over the last X time and see if the service is still stopped. If so if will attempt restarting it and if it fails multiple times to start then it will throw an errori like it, care to share it>

Let me track it down one min

Okay apparently I lost it but I should be able to remake it pretty quicklyI’ll do it now 🙂@member with "it will read the events over the last X time…" are you talking abt the Events pane in ControlUp Realtime DX?

Because by default the events will be rolled over every 60 mins so there is no good history available 😄

@member if this maintenance window is already known you should be able to create a custom schedule for that trigger 🙂

yes, midnight to 6am is the maintenace

It will be the event logs on the machines and it will need to be a scheduled trigger and an accompanying trigger to read event logs, after I finish this we can setup a call if you want to talk about it

It’s pretty straight forward, kind of a way to abuse our tool to create functionality that doesn’t currently exist 🙂If you need a trigger which doesnt run at a specific time you can create a custom schedule.

The picture below shows a schedule which runs 7-12pm.

Okay so the way the script works right now is it puts everything that’s automatic but stopped into an info event (first pic) Then it reads that info event every 30 minutes (or whatever specified) to see if it’s still stopped. If they are still stopped it will generate an error event which you can trigger off of (Pic 2)

Additionally you can set the time you want and the event IDs in the script and also exclude services you do not want to see (pic 3)