Not able to pass variables, to Telalert, through HPSIM.

[David Claussen]

Command =
c:\telalertc

Parameters =
-host 10.140.20.23 -i myemail -subject "* * HPSIM Alert * *" -m DEVICENAME

I get an email with the correct subject, but the message is DEVICENAME instead of the device's name.I have tried it with and without quotes.

I do not know where to go from here.

[David Claypool · Accepted solution]

Windows variable substitution requires the use of the % symbol on each side of the variable but not when it is set, as in:

set hp=invent
echo %hp%

...which should print the word 'invent'

[David Claussen]

You've done it again! Adding the % to the begining and end of the variable has made it work.

Thank you very much!

[David Claussen]

I'm back! Everything was working fine until I upgraded to HP SIM 5.0 sp2. Now, the same commands that worked in 4.x are giving me errors in 5.0. Errors like ... One of the tool's parameterized strings failed to expand. Invalid "%D" token found in the parameterized string at column 51.

I did find in the help that you can now use " %n " for the server name AND that does work, but there is no variable for the actual error.

Please help.