Create alert when management server is in maintenance mode

Question

has anyone setup alerting, such that, an alert is generated when a gateway or a management server is put into maintenance mode? (we are assuming there are multiple management servers and gateways)
if so, how did you achieve this?

Answer 1

1) You may create a time script monitor to get any server in maintenance mode. Using powershell script get-scommaintenancemode to get server in maintenance mode information.
2) How to create a powershell script monitor
http://scug.be/dieter/2014/04/24/scom-creating-a-powershell-script-monitor-with-silect-mpauthor/
http://www.code4ward.net/main/Blog/tabid/70/EntryId/51/How-to-create-a-Two-State-PowerShell-Script-Monitor-using-the-Authoring-Console-Part-1.aspx
3) For powershell get-scommaintenancemode, pls refer to
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh920235(v=sc.20).aspx
Roger