Users Guide

1. Do one of the following:
● To set notifications at the Core level, from the icon bar, click
(More), and then select Notifications.
The Notifications page appears.
● To set notifications for a specific protected machine, do the following:
a. From the Protected Machines menu, click the machine for which you want to specify notifications.
The Custom Notification Groups page appears.
b. In the Summary page of the protected machine, from the More drop-down menu, select Notifications.
The Custom Notification Groups page appears.
2.
Click Add Group
The Add Notification Group dialog box appears.
Notification groups let you define sets of specific events for which users are alerted, and the manner in which that
notification takes place. You can configure alerts to be sent by the following methods:
The Add Notification Group dialog box contains a general description area and two tabs:
● Enable Alerts
● Notification Options
3. In the general description area, enter the basic information for the notification group, as described in the following table.
Option
Description
Name Enter a name for the event notification group. This information is required.
CAUTION: The value you enter for the notification group name cannot be changed later.
Description Enter a description that clarifies the purpose for the event notification group. This information is optional.
4. On the Enable Alerts tab, define the set of system events that you want to log, create reports for, and for which you want
to be alerted, as follows:
Option
Description
All Alerts To create alerts for all events, select All Alerts.
Errors
To create alerts for errors, from the Select Types menu, click Error. This is represented by a red X.
Warning To create alerts for errors, from the Select Types menu, click Warning. This is represented by a yellow
exclamation point icon.
Info To create alerts for informational messages, from the Select Types menu, click Info. This is represented
by a blue i.
Restore
Default
To restore alert types to the default, from the Select Types menu, click Restore Default. This is
represented by a dark blue left-facing arrow.
5. To create alerts for a specific event type (error, warning, or informational message), do the following:
a. If the All Alerts option does not display alert groups, click the right angle bracket > symbol preceding the All Alerts label.
The symbol changes to a downward-facing arrow, and the view expands to show groups.
b. Then click the right angle bracket > symbol next to any specific alert group to display related events in the group.
The event group categories include:
● Archive
● Auto Report
● Attachability
● Auto Update
● Back Up Repository
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