dbOmnibus Alert Suppression

 

While dbOmnibus does an excellent job of sending alert notifications for many items, there are some alerts that are not desired on all servers.

dbOmnibus provides two methods for suppressing unneeded alerts on for a server, Event Override and Feature Deactivation.

 

Event Override

Overriding events instructs dbOmnibus to not alert on a specific event. It can be configured to override the event for all items or a specific item.

Example:

If a specific database is purposely set to the Offline state, it may not make sense to get daily a notification of this fact.

An event can be overridden once it has been alerted.

To override an event, follow these steps:

  1. Execute the procedure sp_ShowEvents
  2. Copy the generated update code from the code column cell(s)
  3. Past the code in the query editor
  4. Modify the values.
  5. Execute the generated / modified update code

Note: the [Item] column contains a value for a specific item (database name, drive letter, etc.) or a value of '-ALL-' will override all items for the feature. This is essentially the same impact as disabling the feature.

 

Feature Deactivation

Deactivating a feature instructs dbOmnibus to not alert on any events for the feature.

If there is no need to evaluate the database usage, the feature can be deactivated and no alert will be generated for the feature.

To deactivate / deactivate a feature, follow these steps:

  1. Execute the procedure sp_ShowFeatureStatus
  2. Copy the generated update code from the [Update Code] column cell(s)
  3. Past the code in the query editor
  4. Edit [Active] column, 0=inactive, 1=active (default)
  5. Execute the generated update code

Note: Disabling a feature will override all items in the feature.

Page Last Updated: 12 July 2025