Monitoring, Reporting, Notifications, and the Event Log
Data Protector Notifications
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Data Protector Notifications
What Are
Notifications?
The Data Protector notification functionality allows you to receive
notifications when specific events occur. For example, when a backup
session is completed, you can receive an email with a status of the
session.
You can set up a notification so that it triggers a report. For more
information about Data Protector reports, refer to “Data Protector
Reporting” on page 315.
NOTE Only the Data Protector users in the Admin group and those granted the
Reporting, notifications and event log user rights are given
access to Data Protector notification functionality.
Configuring
Notifications
Notifications can be configured using the Data Protector user interface
or any Web browser with Java support.
Notifications can be customized by configuring input parameters.
All notifications have the following common input parameters:
• Name (a name for the notification)
• Message Level (the default value depends on the notification and is
listed for each notification in the table below)
• Send Method (the default value is Data Protector Event Log)
Notification Types
There are two main types of notifications:
• Notifications that are triggered when an event occurs:
✓ Alarm
✓ Backup Error
✓ Database Corrupted
✓ Device Error