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NetVault 11.4.5 - Administration Guide

Introduction Getting started Configuring clients Configuring storage devices Backing up data Managing policies Restoring data Managing jobs Monitoring logs Managing storage devices
Monitoring device activity Managing disk-based storage devices in table view Managing disk-based storage devices in tree view Managing tape libraries in table view Managing tape libraries in tree view Managing tape drives in table view Managing tape drives in tree view Adding shared devices
Managing storage media Managing user accounts Monitoring events and configuring notifications Reporting in NetVault Backup Working with client clusters Configuring default settings for NetVault Backup
About configuring default settings Configuring encryption settings Configuring plug-in options Configuring default settings for post-scripts Configuring default settings for Verify Plug-in Configuring Deployment Manager Settings Configuring Job Manager settings Configuring Logging Daemon settings Configuring Media Manager settings Configuring Network Manager settings Configuring Process Manager settings Configuring RAS device settings Configuring Schedule Manager settings Configuring Web Service settings Configuring Auditor Daemon settings Configuring firewall settings Configuring general settings Configuring security settings Synchronizing NetVault Time Configuring default settings for global notification methods Configuring the reporting utility Configuring NetVault Backup to use a specific VSS provider Configuring default settings using Txtconfig
Diagnostic tracing Managing diagnostic data Using the deviceconfig utility NetVault Backup processes Environment variables Network ports used by NetVault Backup Troubleshooting

About global notification methods

Global notification methods provide different mechanisms for sending notifications when an event occurs.

The available methods include the following:

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Sysop Email: Use this method to send an email notification to the Administrator when an event occurs.
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Print Report: Use this method to print a report after it is successfully generated from the View Reports page. This method can only be used for Report Job events.
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Run a Job: Use this method to run a job when an event occurs.
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SNMP Trap: Use this method to send SNMP traps (notification) to a network manager host when an event occurs.
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) provides a method to monitor and control the network devices on TCP/IP-based networks. An SNMP trap is a notification (message) sent from a managed device to the network management host when a significant event occurs. The event does not have to be an outage, a fault, or a security violation. The SNMP Trap method allows the administrator to monitor the NetVault Backup events from an SNMP-based network management interface as a part of the network management operations.

Setting up a global notification method

To set up a global notification method:
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In the Navigation pane, click Configure Notifications.
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On the Editing Global Notification Profile page, open the event class, and then open the event type that you want to be notified about.
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Configure the notification method that you want to use. You can configure multiple notification methods for a single event.
Figure 28. Editing Global Notification Profile page
Table 91. Setting up global notification method
 
Notification method
Description

Sysop Email

Select this method to send an email notification to the Administrator (Sysop) when the event occurs.

Before you can use this method for sending notifications, you must complete the following tasks:

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Configure the Outgoing Email Server (SMTP) settings. For more information, see Configuring email server settings for notifications.
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Configure SysOp email address. For more information, see the Configuring SysOp email ID for notifications.

Print Report

Select this method to print a report after it is successfully generated from the View Reports page. This method can only be used for Report Job events.

On Linux-based NetVault Backup Servers, no additional configuration is required to use this method. The printer set up as the default printer for the system is used to print the report.

On Windows-based machines, you must do one of the following:

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Configure a default printer in NetVault Backup. For more information, see Configuring a default printer for notifications.
The Print Report method uses this printer for all events.
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Alternatively, set the NVPRINTER variable in the Extra environment variables box:
NVPRINTER=<Printer URL>
The Print Report method uses this printer for an individual event. You can use the NVPRINTER variable to override the default printer setting for an individual event.

Run a Job

Select this method to run a NetVault Backup job when the event occurs.

To use this method, you must do the following:

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Create the job that you want to run when the event occurs
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Set the JOBID variable in the Extra environment variables box:
JOBID=<Job ID number of the job that you want to run>

SNMP Trap

Select this method to send SNMP traps (notification) to a network manager host when the event occurs.

Before you can use this method for sending notifications, you must complete the following configuration tasks:

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Copy the file nvnotifications.mib to the “.mib” files directory on the host system running the network management software.
The “.mib” (Management Information Base) file describes the format of SNMP Traps that NetVault Backup sends. You can find nvnotifications.mib in the etc directory under the NetVault Backup installation directory. For more information about the location of the “.mib” files on the host, see the relevant network management software documentation.
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Configure the network manager host settings from the Change Settings page. For more information, see Configuring network manager host settings for notifications.
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Click Save to save the global notification profile.

Using custom notification methods

This section includes the following topics:

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About custom notification methods
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Creating a custom notification method
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Setting up a custom notification method

About custom notification methods

About custom notification methods

Custom Notification Methods are created using external scripts, and typically used to perform some tasks when an event occurs in the NetVault Backup Domain.

The script file contains header and body. The header specifies the script name and provides a brief description about the script. The script body contains the commands. You can use any text editor to create the script file. The script file should reside in the global subdirectory under the NetVault Backup scripts directory (<NetVault Backup home>\scripts\global on Windows and <NetVault Backup home>/scripts/global on Linux).

Only users with a good knowledge of scripting using NetVault Backup executable files and environmental variables should use this feature.

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