Timed alarm that starts a program

Starts a specified program only if IBM® Systems Director does not receive a specified event within a specified time range. This event action is useful for monitoring for a loss of function, much like a heartbeat monitor.

Requirements
None
Result
An event triggers an event automation plan that contains this event action. The action is invoked and it starts a timer. If another event of the same type is received before the timer expires, nothing further happens. However, if the timer does expire, this action starts a specified program on the management server.
Example
You can use this action to make sure that something happens repeatedly or within a given amount of time. After the timer expires and the program is started, the monitoring process of this event action stops.

For example, you can monitor for a system to go offline. If the system does not return online within a given amount of time, you can failover to a backup system.

Note: You also can stop the monitoring process by setting the timer value to 0. This capability is useful if you want to stop the process without deleting the event action or the event automation plan.
Tip: You can use event-data-substitution variables in the following fields: Timed alarm ID, Program file name, and Working directory. For more information, see "Event-data-substitution variables."
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Static group: add or remove group members
Static group: add or remove the event-generating system
Timed alarm that generates an event
Event-data-substitution variables
Related tasks

Creating an event action to activate in an event automation plan
Related reference

Event Action Editor window: Timed alarm that starts a program

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