Sql server agent alert is not sending a mail

Question

1. sql server agent alert is not sending a mail .I have configure it for sql server event alert and error number 14151 and in "Raise alert when messaging contains" check box I have set: Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent
2. Sql server agent is restarted also.All database mail and other settings are Ok.
Still I m not getting mail
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi Ajay,
You can test the connectivity with any server who has smtp access and execute osql to send email to required people.
Below command can be put into bat file and named as DB_MirrorAlert.bat
osql -U XXXX -P XXXXX -S Test123 -h-1 -s "|" -w 50 -n -i E:\DBscript_Santosh\DB_MirrorAlert.sql > E:\DBscript_Santosh\DB_MirrorAlert.csv
OR
osql -E -S Test123 -h-1 -s "|" -w 50 -n -i E:\DBscript_Santosh\DB_MirrorAlert.sql > E:\DBscript_Santosh\DB_MirrorAlert.csv
In above command, you are connecting to a server where db email works fine for you and then you are executing a script wherein you can put alert for success or failure like below:
Success Alert:
Create a success alert file named as DB_MirrorAlert.sql as you are calling above in bat file and put all scripts in one folder.
use master
Go
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail
    @profile_name='Profile One',
@recipients =
XXX,
@subject  = 'DB Mirror Server Failed over',
@body = '
'DB Mirror Server Failed over to Server B'
Now you can do this after checking that any one of the server is  not responding or by checking system store procedures too. Good link about monitoring is mentioned below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms190030.aspx
Let me know if you need any more assistance at my end.
Santosh Singh