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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi all,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I could use some help with the syntax for alert using macros. I tried defining servers as such:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">$GROUP1=server1 server2 server3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">$GROUP2=server4</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">And then defined a pagegroup as such:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">$SYSADMIN=kevin@domain.com</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Then I made some rules:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HOST=$GROUP1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HOST=$GROUP2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red REPEAT=15m RECOVERED</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The rule for GROUP2 works as it should but the rule for GROUP1 (the one with multiple servers) does nothing at all! I have tried enclosing the multiple server names in quotes like this:</FONT></P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">$GROUP1="server1 server2 server3"</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But that made no difference....still no alerts. Can someone tell me the proper syntax for defining multiple items in a macro?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kevin </FONT>
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