Dell OMSA Email Alerts

This PowerShell script will configure OMSA to send out emails when an alert is generated.

It will include the following:

• System information from omreport chassis info
• Storage information from omreport storage vdisk
• Attach the system alert log from omreport system alertlog

This script is based on this script by Paul Murana.

How to use

• Place the OMAlert.ps1 in a folder on your system, mine is under C:\Scripts\.
• Edit the variables under $mailArgs to match your settings:

  ⚠️ It's best to use an encrypted file instead of a plaintext password in a script, the below is just a simple example.

  # Default mail arguments
  $mailArgs = @{
  To = "[email protected]"
  From = "[email protected]"
  Credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("[email protected]", ("password" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force ))
  SmtpServer = "smtp.example.com"
  Port = "587"
  UseSsl = $true
  }

Send a test email

• Execute the script with the param testemail.

  PS C:\Scripts> .\OMAlert.ps1 testemail

  

Configure OMSA

• Execute the script with the param configure, this will both configure OMSA and create a bunch of .bat scripts in the same directory.

  These scripts are called by OMSA once an alert is generated.

  PS C:\Scripts> .\OMAlert.ps1 configure
  Alert action(s) configured successfully.
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  PS C:\Scripts>

Test functionality

You can test if the script did it's job by temporarily lowering the Temperature Threshold settings.

This should generate an alert and send out an email.

Clear configuration

To clear all alert configurations, execute the script with the param clearall.