Symantec Backup Exec

Alert categories

Lists the categories that are available.

Category name

Shows the title of the alert. This property can be viewed, but not edited.

Enable alerts for this category

Activates or disables the alert. You cannot disable alert types such as error and attention required.

You can also enable an alert category from the task pane.

See Enabling or disabling alerts from the Active Alerts pane.

Send notifications to selected recipients

Sends a notification when an alert occurs. You must have recipients configured to use this option.

To configure recipients to receive the notification, you must click Recipients.

See Configure Recipients options.

Include job log with a notification to an email or printer recipient

Sends the job log to the recipient that is configured for notification. The recipient must be configured to receive email or printer notifications.

Send SNMP Notifications

Enables SNMP notification. SNMP must be installed to use this option.

See About SNMP notification.

Record event in the Windows Event Log

Enters the alert into the Windows Event Viewer. The Windows Event log displays all the property information for the alert.

If a link appears in the Windows Event log you can search the Symantec Technical Support Web site for information about the Event ID.

Automatically clear after x days/hours/minutes

Lets you enter the number of minutes, hours, or days you want the alert to remain active before it is moved to the Alert History.

For Attention Required alerts, you can set up automatic responses.

See Configuring automatic responses for alert categories.

Respond with

This option is available only for the Media Overwrite and Media Insert alert categories. Indicates the response that you want Backup Exec to send automatically. The choices are Cancel, No, Yes, or OK.