
Alert Messaging Server
Alerting and Monitoring
The fully adaptable Alert System is made for administrators of High Availability Environments. Our Alert Messaging Server (AMS) notifies you whenever hackers are attacking the system or in case an error or incident occurs. AMS sends an E-mail, SMS, or a Voice Message to you or your engineers to alert you about irregularities. Work schedules and exactly defined Escalation Procedures can be integrated so the right person is contacted whenever something happens.
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Features & Benefits
New Features
- E-Mail and SMS Templates
- Maintenance Mode in case of incidents
- SMS Gateway via HTTPS (REST)
Core Features
- AD-integrated authentication
- Adaptable web console
- Action by alarm confirmation
- Alarm delay
- Alarm profiles with different alarm times for E-Mail, SMS and voice
- Escalation procedures
- Audit logging (for traceability)
- Representation of emergency cases
- Display of emergencies in alert solution
- Windows Server 2016 Support
- SQL Server 2017 Support
- Mail-to-SMS-Alert
- Import of work schedules
- Import of holidays
Benefits
- High availability
- Multi-tenancy
- Modular
- Qualified error message and communication system
- Redundancy of critical systems
- Real-time alerts via SMS, voice and E-Mail
- Quick troubleshooting
- Interfaces to known monitoring solution based on Windows and Unix/Linux
- Feedback to the monitoring system by confirmation manager
- Web visualization of alarms
- Comprehensive maintenance
- Quickly available Specialists
Operating Mode
Alert Messaging Server is a fully adaptable Alerting System that works in combination with a Monitoring Solution. It sends systemic alerts via E-Mail, SMS and Voice Message. A Network-, System- or Application-Management-Environment is necessary in order for it to generally perform; for example, WhatsUpGold, Realtech, Microsoft, HD OpenView or NetiQ can be used.
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Architecture
Modules
Depending on your needs you will find the appropriate solution.
Depending on project size and required function, individual modules are configured:
Follow The Sun Modul
If you are providing your internal or external customers with a 24x7 Service and your business is globally positioned, the “Follow-The-Sun-Module” provides ideal coverage. This concept allows companies to guarantee continuous Service around the clock throughout multiple Support Centres and time zones. Multinational operating businesses are building Support Centres on several continents and they have their major time of operation during the daytime. Because the company still offers a 24x7 Service, calls that go to Vienna during the day are being detoured to Los Angeles during the night.
Alert Messaging Server provides the “Follow-The-Sun-Module”, with its help the Support Centre “on duty” is notified instead of individual People or Departments. The AMS’s multilingualism makes it possible to help and operate in the specific language.Broadcast Modul
The additional module “Broadcast” is an extension of Alert Messaging Server. With this feature multiple people with different phone numbers can be notified – via SMS or Call – in case of a catastrophe.
HA Modul
Diverse methods to reach High Availability already exist. The most extensive version is the duplication of all components – both Hardware and Software. This way the whole system is constructed with redundancy. The failure of one component is caught by the second one.
Alert Messaging Server provides redundancy on several levels:- Data Base: Data Base (MS SQL Server) can be clustered
- Queue Manager: This service can be installed on multiple servers. It receives alerts and sends the information to the central Data Base.
- AMS Client: The “Client” can be installed on as many Windows and Unix/Linux Servers as wanted. You can notify the Client about different Queue Manager Servers by using local configuration. It polls the servers until one of them reacts to the request.
- Alert Manager: This service can be installed on multiple servers. The first Server on the list polls the data base for new alerts – within a definable interval. Simultaneously a heartbeat is registered in the data base. If the heartbeat is missing, the second server proceeds with the alerting.
- Voice Alert Manager: This service works analogue with Alert Manager Services.
Voice Modul
The on duty personnel is contacted via telephone and can confirm the alerts through an integrated Voice Server. The acknowledgement is carried out with the DTMF Code. Individual Voice Messages can be assigned via deposited WAV-Files on the AMS Server or through parameters at the alert transmission (or a combination of both methods). These assigned Voice Messages can be parameterised with a phone call.
Enterprise Bundle
In the Alert Messaging Server Enterprise Bundle the following features and modules are included:
Base Server License
2x GSM Modems
Unlimited User Licenses
HA Licens
Voice Bundle (Voice HA Licens + 2x Voice Engines)
This bundle offers the expected flexibility and scalability of enterprise environments.