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To choose a destination directory, click Configure to open the
Central Alerting Configuration dialog box
Figure 8-5. Central Alerting Configuration dialog box
Next, enter the path to the Centralized Alerting directory you want
to use, or click Browse to locate the directory on your network.
When you've chosen a destination, click OK to close the dialog box.
You can designate any directory on your network as a destination
for Centralized Alerting messages, but the directory must contain a
copy of the file CENTALRT.TXT in order for an Alert Manager
server to relay the alert messages you send there.
If you enable Centralized Alerting, VirusScan software sends alert
messages as text files with the extension .ALR to the target
directory.
You can then point a designated Alert Manager server to the
directory, if it contains the CENTALRT.TXT file, so that it checks
periodically for .ALR files. If it finds one, it extracts the contents of
the alert message from the file, distributes the message via one of its
pre-configured notification methods, then deletes the .ALR file. It
then steps up the frequency with which it checks the Centralized
Alerting directory to capture any other alert messages that arrive.
• Additionally Enable DMI Alerts. Select this checkbox to
supplement either of the other alerting methods. Next, click
Configure to open the DMI Configuration dialog box, where you
can enter the identifying number that your Desktop Management
Interface (DMI) client application assigned to your VirusScan
software when you installed it
Using VirusScan Utilities
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