## PowerCLI Reference

# New-AlarmActionTrigger

## Synopsis

This cmdlet creates a new action trigger for the specified alarm action.

Syntax

New-AlarmActionTrigger [-StartStatus] <InventoryItemStatus> [-EndStatus] <InventoryItemStatus> -AlarmAction <AlarmAction> [-Repeat] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version
Get-AlarmAction
Get-AlarmActionTrigger
Get-AlarmDefinition
New-AlarmAction
Remove-AlarmAction
Remove-AlarmActionTrigger
Set-AlarmDefinition

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates a new action trigger for the specified alarm action.

Parameters

Name | Type | Description | Required? | Pipeline Input | Default Value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
StartStatus | InventoryItemStatus | Specifies the start status for the alarm action. The valid values are Green, Yellow, and Red. | true | false
EndStatus | InventoryItemStatus | Specifies the end status for the alarm action. The valid values are Green, Yellow, and Red. | true | false
AlarmAction | AlarmAction | Specifies the alarm action for which you want to create an action trigger. | true | true (ByValue)
Confirm | SwitchParameter | If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false, the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation. | false | false
Repeat | SwitchParameter | Indicates whether you want the alarm action to repeat until the alarm is acknowledged. | false | false
WhatIf | SwitchParameter | Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are modified. | false | false

Return Type

The newly created AlarmActionTrigger object

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

    Get-AlarmDefinition -Name "Alarm1" | Get-AlarmAction | New-AlarmActionTrigger -StartStatus 'Red' -EndStatus 'Yellow' -Repeat

Creates an action trigger for all actions for the specified alarm definition.

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