Integrating NetIQ with PageGate
Send Text and SMS Messages from NetIQ
Integrating NetIQ with PageGate
NetIQ can integrate with NotePage Inc.'s PageGate
application to add the ability to send alerts
to wireless messaging devices (pagers, mobile
phones, pims, etc.).
Steps for integration:
NetIQ loads a file, "netiqpage.ini", to the
Windows root directory during installation. This
file can be modified to reference and work with
recipients/groups from a preconfigured installation
of PageGate with the Commandline / Ascii Interface
(GetAscii).
In the "netiqpage.ini" file under "[system]",
the location to PageGate's commandline interface
(sendpage32.exe) is defined. The directory should
match GetAscii "Polling Directory" set in PageGate
Admin under 'Interfaces' - 'GetAscii' - 'Settings'.
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;;
;; sample netiqpage.ini file
;; [system]
;;
;; first %s is target_name [target]
;; second %s is additional parameters [param]
;; third %s is the message
;;
;; notepage=D:\PageGate\Poll\sendpage32.exe -dir=d:\PageGate\Poll
%s %s %s ********************************************
In order for NetIQ to provide this paging functionality,
the path to the "SendPage32.exe" and the appropriate
recipients and/or groups (predefined within PageGate)
must be defined within the "netiqpage.ini", and
a NetIQ job "page-action" must be assigned.
NetIQ then makes use of PageGate through paging
'actions,' which are assigned to NetIQ job events.
For example, a page action can be assigned to
a memory utilization job. When a server running
this job has a memory problem, an event is generated.
This event will trigger the "page-action". A message
is then sent, using "sendpage32.exe". PageGate
w/GetAscii receives the message and sends it to
the recipients/groups (referenced in the action
properties for the associated job) and predefined
in PageGate and the "netiqpage.ini" file.
In the example from "netiqpage.ini" below, the
values listed after "target1=" are recipients
or groups defined in PageGate. ********************************************
;;
;; Target Sections
;;
[ADG]
pageco1=notepage
target1=adg
param1=NetIQ
start_time1=00/00/00 0:06:00
stop_time1=00/00/00 23:00:00
[ENGINEERS]
pageco1=notepage
target1=engineers
param1=NetIQ
start_time1=00/00/00 0:06:00
stop_time1=00/00/00 23:00:00
[EXCHANGE_ADMIN]
pageco1=notepage
target1=exchange_admin
param1=NetIQ
start_time1=00/00/00 0:06:00
stop_time1=00/00/00 23:00:00
********************************************
Note: recipient and group-names listed in PageGate,
the "netiqpage.ini" file, and the NetIQ job action
must match.
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