SCOM: Command Channel Script

This little script is what I use in cooperation with the SCOM Command Channel to parse and send SCOM alerts to a logfile.
The script will take the SCOM alert parameters and put them neatly in a .log file, one file for each alert I want. This, of course, is customizable – I just like to see the amount of files being generated.

The Channel:

The above channel parameters:

Path: C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Cmd: -file “C\:Script\AlertExport.ps1” “$Data[Default=’Not Present’]/Context/DataItem/AlertId$##$Data[Default=’Not Present’]/Context/DataItem/AlertName$##$Data[Default=’Not Present’]/Context/DataItem/AlertDescription$##$Data[Default=’Not Present’]/Context/DataItem/EntityPath$##$Data[Default=’Not Present’]/Context/DataItem/EntityDisplayName$”
Startdir: c:\

This will get you the following (of MANY) Alert details: AlertID, Alert Name, Alert Description, Path and Displayname.

The Script:

# Alert Params
param(
$parameters 
)
$params = $parameters.split('##') | ? {$_ -ne ''}

# Build params (added commented blocks of Alert parameter data for your convenience)
$AlertID = $params[0] # $Data/Context/DataItem/AlertID$
$AlertName = $params[1] # $Data/Context/DataItem/AlertName$
$AlertDesc = $params[2]# $Data/Context/DataItem/AlertDescription$
$Path = $params[3] # $Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityPath$
$DisplayName = $params[4] # $Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityDisplayName$


# Sharestuff
$share = "<YOUR SHARE AND STUFF>"
$date = get-date
$Alertfile = "SCOM Alert - $(get-date -Format "dd.MM.yyyy HH.mm.ss").log"

# Format AlertMessage
$AlertMessage = @()

$AlertMessage += "ID: $AlertID"
$AlertMessage += "Date: $date"
$AlertMessage += "DisplayName: $DisplayName"
$AlertMessage += "AlertName: $AlertName"
$alertMessage += "Path: $Path"
$AlertMessage += "Description: $AlertDesc"

# Output alert to textfile
$AlertMessage >> $share$alertfile

Put the script on all your Management Servers, in this case in the C:\script folder, and suddenly, if all goes well, your selected Alerts will start pumping out to this share.

– F