In a Multi-Forest Configuration, alerts being sent from Coordination(s) in a different forest which does not have SMTP access (4319181)

In a Multi-Forest Configuration, an administrator observed, alerts being sent from Coordination(s) in a different Forest where SMTP access is not available.

Inherent fault tolerance allows alerts to be sent from any Coordinator in a Multi-Forest/Coordinator installation.

It is currently not possible to target specific Coordinators when configuring alerts. However, it is possible to disable specific coordinators from handling this task.

To disable a coordinator from attempt to handle alert notifications perform the following steps:

1. Open the following registry location on the Coordinator server: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Quest\ChangeAuditor\Coordinator
2. Create a DWORD 32-bit value name called “ForceOffAlertSmtpTask”
3. Add value data of 1 (which means alerts will not be processed)
   • The default value is 0 which means all other Coordinators that does not have this registry value or has it set to 0 will continue to process alerts.
4. Restart the Coordinator service for the changes to take effect,