Managing Events
The Core includes predefined sets of events, which can be used to notify administrators of critical issues
on the Core or the backup jobs.
From the
Events
tab, you can manage notification groups, e-mail SMTP settings, Server Settings, Enabled
Trace Logs, Cloud Configuration, repetition reduction, and event retention.
The Notification Groups option allows you to manage notification groups, from which you can:
• Specify an event for which you want to generate an alert for the following:
– Clusters
– Attachability
– Jobs
– Licensing
– Log Truncation
– Archive
– Core Service
– Export
– Protection
– Replication
– Rollback
• Specify the type of alert (error, warning, and informational).
• Specify to whom and where the alerts are sent. Options include:
– Email Address
– Windows Events Logs
– Syslog Server
• Specify a time threshold for repetition.
• Specify the retention period for all events.
Configuring notification groups
To configure notification groups:
1.
From the Core Console, select
Configuration
→
Events
.
2.
Click
Add Group
.
The
Add Notification Group
dialog box opens and displays two panels:
•
Enable Alerts
•
Notification Options
Enabling alerts
Enabling Alerts allows you to define the set of system events that you want to log, create reports, and set
alerts.
NOTE: To create alerts for all events, select
All Alerts
.
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