*Note: The direct download and version information is available below
There were some questions on my team regarding how to send emails based on events generated in the Horizon View EventsDB. The Horizon View Events Database was first introduced with Horizon View 4.5. There is a great article by Dwayne Lessner on doing this using SQL and PowerShell (http://itbloodpressure.com/2011/02/27/no-desktops-big-problems/). I decided to write something in vb.net that would allow this alerting external to the SQL database.
I wrote the application in vb.net and used the standard SQL client and Mail references. The application has a settings tab which allows configuration of the SQL server/instance and username/password. It allows you to test the SQL connection prior to starting the application. You can also choose what type of alerts to notify on. By default, only error events are alerted on, but you can choose to be notified on Warnings and Audit failures. You can also now choose how many minutes back you want to query the EventsDb. You also set an SMTP server, port and an email address to send the alerts from. You can add multiple addresses in the alert recipients field. You can also test the SMTP connection by sending a test email. All of the settings are saved in an xml configuration file, and the SQL password is 256 bit AES encrypted. To start the application, simply click the start button, or start with the /silent switch. The silent switch starts the application automatically and minimizes to the system tray. Minimizing the application will also send it to the system tray. By default, the application polls every 60 seconds for new events to alert on. There is now a context menu from the tray that allows you to refresh now, show the full form and exit the application.
UPDATE – The application is available from the link below. I have also added some new features. There is a readme.txt in the .zip that details how to configure it.
Version 1.5: Added ability to clear events, system tray context menu and how far back to query events
Version 1.6: Added Database Name field and Table Prefix options for SQL configuration
Horizon View Events Notifier Version 1.6 Download: http://goo.gl/WP7Vnt
Horizon View Event Notifier – Alerts
Horizon View Event Notifier – Settings
Horizon View Event Notifier – System Tray
Starting the App
Stopping The App
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Looks like an awesome app. If I don’t have twitter, would you still share it?
Yes. I am actually going to post a link to the app in a little while on here. Thanks for your interest!
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THANK YOU! An incredibly useful tool for sure!
Thank you, very useful tool.
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Cannot connect to SQL server? (all data is correct, tested and used for View Events under View Administrator Console)
Are you using standard SQL port 1433 or dynamic ports? Also, make sure there are no firewalls between where you are running it from and the SQL server. Can you try running it on your connection server and make sure you can connect from there? Thanks
I just created a new version 1.6 that has a database name field. Prior, it was trying to connect to the db named view_events. Can you please download and try it? Thanks!
Connecting to DB with ver1.6 is OK. Thanks for fixing 😉
Any change this could be configured to run as a service on say the composer server?
I can do that – I will add it to the list for updates as I work on it. Thanks for reaching out.
Thanks Chris, this will make monitoring/managing View much easier.
Hi Chris, nice Tool i the an know Problem with other Languages ? I get an Error “Unknowen Object” view_events.dbo.event or is there a Problem with an underscore in the DB Name ?
the Version 1.6 fixed my Problem
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Awesome tool Chris! Are you taking feature requests? Ability to filter events based on user, pool, etc?
Yes, please send feature requests to me and I will do my best to get them incorporated in. The filtering is a great idea and wouldn’t be too hard. Thanks!
If this program could be configured for specific Error Events only …ie…Pools not provisioning — It would hands down be the greatest thing ever written!
Great Job! Perhaps even a feature addition?
Yes, I can set it up to filter for specific events in the near future. Thanks for the Feedback!
Do you plan to create also a windows service?
When is it possible to start the program as a Service? Is it possible to start the pool automatic when open the program?
Can you add SMTP authentication?
I’m running Horizon View 6.2 and getting this error “Invalid object name “ViewEvents.dbo.event”.
The table that contains the event database data is called “event”. Take a look at your View Events Database and make sure the table name has not been modified.