Printer Recipient Properties options

You can select installed printers as a notification method for recipients; however, Backup Exec does not support fax printer devices. Only the printers that were configured using the same user name and password as the Backup Exec service account can be selected.

See Configuring a printer recipient.

Table: Printer Recipient Properties options

Item

Description

Name

Indicates the name of the recipient for whom you want to receive the notification. You cannot use a fax printer device to receive the notification.

Target Printer

Indicates the name of the printer to which you want to send the notification message.

Test

Enables you to test the notification configuration for the recipient.

Enable (Limit the number of notifications sent)

Activates the option.

Notify me a maximum of x times within x minutes

Indicates the total number of notifications you want sent to the recipient for all alerts that are generated within the specified number of minutes. After the specified number of notifications have been sent, additional notifications are not sent until the specified minutes have been reached. The maximum number of minutes that can be set is 1440, which is the number of minutes in a day.

Reset the notification limits after x minutes

Indicates the number of minutes that must be reached before the notification limits are reset. When the time limit has been reached, the number of sent notifications is reset to zero.

Enable (Limit when notifications can be sent)

Activates the option and lets you configure the length of time the recipient is available for notification.

Schedule

Enables you to select the days and times when notifications can be sent to the recipient.

See Scheduling notification for recipients.

Printer Recipient Properties options