description: Get Configuration Manager alerts. external help file: AdminUI.PS.dll-Help.xml Module Name: ConfigurationManager ms.date: 03/23/2021 schema: 2.0.0 title: Get-CMAlert
Get Configuration Manager alerts.
Get-CMAlert [-Fast] [[-Name] <String>] [-TypeId <Int32>] [-TypeInstanceId <String>] [-DisableWildcardHandling]
[-ForceWildcardHandling] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-CMAlert [-Fast] -Id <String> [-DisableWildcardHandling] [-ForceWildcardHandling] [<CommonParameters>]
Use this cmdlet to get one or more Configuration Manager alerts. You can get a specific alert by specifying the name or ID of the alert.
Configuration Manager generates alerts from certain operations when a specific condition occurs. Typically, it generates alerts when an error occurs that you need to resolve. For more information, see Configure alerts in Configuration Manager.
Note
Run Configuration Manager cmdlets from the Configuration Manager site drive, for example PS XYZ:\>. For more information, see getting started.
This command gets all alerts that Configuration Manager manages.
Get-CMAlertThis command gets all alerts that have a name that begins with the character $.
Get-CMAlert -Name "$*" | Select-Object Id, Name, AlertStateThis parameter treats wildcard characters as literal character values. You can't combine it with ForceWildcardHandling.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseAdd this parameter to not automatically refresh lazy properties. Lazy properties contain values that are relatively inefficient to retrieve. Getting these properties can cause additional network traffic and decrease cmdlet performance.
If you don't use this parameter, the cmdlet displays a warning. To disable this warning, set $CMPSSuppressFastNotUsedCheck = $true.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseThis parameter processes wildcard characters and may lead to unexpected behavior (not recommended). You can't combine it with DisableWildcardHandling.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecify an alert ID. For example, 33554436.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: SearchByIdMandatory
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecify an alert name. You can use wildcard characters:
*: Multiple characters?: Single character
Alerts whose name begins with the $ character are default, system alerts.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: SearchByName
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: TrueSpecify the identifier for this type of alert.
Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: SearchByName
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: TrueSpecify the user-defined identifier.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: SearchByName
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: TrueThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
For more information on these return objects and their properties, see the following articles: