Configuring alerts in CASO

In a Central Admin Server Option environment (CASO), alerts generated on a managed media server are automatically rolled up to the central administration server. To see those alerts on the central administration server, you must configure alert categories to enable or disable alerts on each managed media server in the CASO environment, and on the central administration server itself.

After you respond to and clear the active alert on the central administration server, the alert is cleared on the managed media server as well.

If you enable Backup Exec alerts on a managed media server without enabling alerts on the central administration server, alerts appear only on the managed media server where they are generated; they will not appear on the central administration server.

Enable and configure alerts at the central administration server, and then copy the alert configurations to a managed media server. When the alert is generated on a managed media server, it appears on both the managed media server and the central administration server.

On the central administration server, you can view alerts for all managed media servers, or you can filter the alerts to view only those for a specific managed media server or media server pool.

To configure specific alerts on the central administration server

  1. Start Backup Exec on the central administration server.

  2. From the Tools menu, click Alert Categories.

  3. Scroll through the list of alert categories until you find the category you want to configure.

  4. From Category Properties, select the check box Enable alerts for this category.

  5. Click OK.

To copy specific alerts to managed media servers.

  1. From the Tools menu, select Copy Settings to Media Servers.

  2. Under Select Settings to Copy, select the check box for Alert Configuration.

  3. Click Add.

  4. Enter the name of a managed media server to which the configuration will be copied.

  5. Click OK.

  6. On the Copy Settings dialog box, click OK.

    An alert on the central administration server will confirm that the copy succeeded.

  7. Click OK to clear the active alert.

More Information

About alerts and notifications

Copying configuration settings