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Configuring Unified Manager to send alert notifications

You can configure Unified Manager to send notifications that alert you about events in your environment. Before notifications can be sent, you must configure several other Unified Manager options.

Before you begin

You must be logged in as the OnCommand Administrator role to perform this task.

About this task

After deploying the virtual appliance and completing the initial Unified Manager configuration, you should consider configuring your environment to trigger alerts and generate notification emails or SNMP traps.

You can complete the following tasks to properly configure your environment and to add alerts.

Steps

  1. Configure notification settings
    If you want alert notifications sent when certain events occur in your environment, you must supply an email address from which the alert notification can be sent. If your configuration uses an SMTP server for email authentication, then you must provide the user name and password for the server. If you want to use SNMP traps, you can select that option and provide the necessary information.
  2. Enable remote authentication
    If you want remote LDAP or Active Directory users to access the Unified Manager instance and receive alert notifications, then you must enable remote authentication.
  3. Add authentication servers
    If you enable remote authentication, then you must identify authentication servers.
  4. Edit global threshold settings
    You can modify the threshold settings for aggregates, volumes, and certain types of protection relationships. These settings determine when an event should be generated, which can affect when an alert notification is sent.
  5. Add users
    You can add several different types of local or remote users and assign specific roles. When you create an alert, you assign a user to receive the alert notifications.
  6. Add alerts
    After you have added the email address for sending notifications, added users to receive the notifications, configured your network settings, and configured SMTP and SNMP options needed for your environment, then you can assign alerts.