A corrective action is an automated task that is executed in response to a metric alert. When a corrective action is part of a monitoring template/template collection, the credentials required to execute the corrective action will vary depending on how the template is applied.

The two situations below illustrate the different credential requirements.

• The corrective action is part of a monitoring template that is manually applied to a target.

  When the corrective action runs, it can use one of the following:

  • The preferred credentials of the user who is applying the template

    or

  • The user-specified named credentials.

  The user selects the desired credential option during the template apply operation.

• The corrective action is part of a monitoring template within a template collection that is associated with an administration group.

  When the corrective action runs, the preferred credentials of the user who is associating the template collection with the administration group is used.