DOCUMENT:Q153663  31-JUL-2001  [sms]
TITLE   :SMS: How to Set Up SMS Alert Actions Write To a Log File
PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server
PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbusage kbsmsUtil smshowto smsutil

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Systems Management Server Alerts can be configured to echo a line of
text to either a server console or file when the query condition is triggered.

To display a popup message on the server console, use the following command
line:

   " CMD /C echo this is a test" (without the quotation marks)

To write the alerts to a file (Alerts.txt) on the server, use the following
command line:

   " CMD /C echo this is a test >> c:\Alerts.txt" (without the quotation
   marks)

Additional query words: prodsms alert message create

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Keywords          : kbusage kbsmsUtil smshowto smsutil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS100 kbSMS110 kbSMS120
Version           : winnt:1.0,1.1,1.2

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