Configuring the notification settings

You can configure the DS-System to send reports and notifications by email.

3. To activate email notifications, select the Send E-Mail notification check box.

4. Beside the SMTP Server box, click [...], and then do the following:

a) In the SMTP Server box, type the name or IP address of the SMTP server.

b) In the Port box, enter the port that the SMTP sever will use. The default port is 25.

NOTE: Do not change the port number unless you have a specific requirement to do so.

c) To enforce authentication for the SMTP server, select the Server requires authentication check box, and then type the required details.

d) To use encryption to protect the transfer of data and information, select the Use TLS check box.

5. In the Send E-Mail From box, type the email address from which the email notifications will be sent.

6. In the E-Mail address box, type the email address of the recipient of the email notification. Separate multiple email addresses with a semicolon.

8. To configure when an email notification should be sent, click Notification Settings, and then do the following:

a) To send a notification when the customer or DS-Client storage quota has reached a specified level, select the Customer/DS-Client storage quota has reached the following level check box. Configure the notification frequency.

NOTE: You can set the customer and DS-Client storage quota levels individually in the account’s corresponding profile dialog box.

b) To send a notification when the free space on storage location(s) has reached a specific level, select the Free space on Storage Location(s) has reached the following level check box. Configure the warning level, emergency level, stop level, and notification frequency.

NOTE: Free space notifications will occur for physical space events that occur on individual storage locations. Physical space is indicated by the Disk Space column in the Extensible Storage Locations dialog box.

c) To send a notification between specific hours, select the Storage usage summary, notify between... and... check box, and then specify the hours and configure the notification frequency.

d) To send a notification when the DS-System license is about to expire, select the License will expire in...days check box, specify the number of days before the DS-System license expires that must be reached before a notification is sent, and then configure the notification frequency.

e) To send a notification when the DS-System has reached a specified percentage of its license storage capacity limit, select the DS-System has reached...% of the license’s storage capacity limit check box, specify a value, and then configure the notification frequency.

f) To send a notification when the connection is lost between the director node and a leaf node, select the Connection between Director and Leaf was lost check box. This is applicable only for an N+1 DS-System.

g) To send a notification when an N+1 configuration is successfully configured, select the N+1 formation process succeeded check box.

h) To send a notification when a Remote DS-VDR restore activity is successfully completed, select the Remote DS-VDR restore activity has finished check box, and then configure the notification frequency.

i) To send a notification when a DR Drill is activated, select the A DR Drill was activated check box.

j) To send a notification when the DS-System is in a critical status, select the DS-System is in “Critical Status” check box, and then configure the notification frequency.