4.1 Setting Up Automatic E-Mail Notifications of Events and Reports

You can configure PlateSpin Forge to automatically send out, to specified e-mail addreses, notifications of events and replication reports. This functionality requires that you first specify a valid SMTP server for PlateSpin Forge to use.

4.1.1 SMTP Configuration

Use the PlateSpin Forge Web Client to configure SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) settings for the server used to deliver e-mail notifications of events and replication reports.

Figure 4-1 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol settings

To configure SMTP settings:

  1. In your PlateSpin Forge Web Client, click Settings > SMTP.

  2. Specify an SMTP server Address, an optional Port (the default is 25), and a Reply Address for receiving e-mail event and progress notifications.

  3. Type a Username and Password, then confirm the password.

  4. Click Save.

4.1.2 Setting up Automatic Event Notifications by E-Mail

To set up automatic e-mail notifications of important events, follow these steps:

  1. Set up an SMTP server for PlateSpin Forge to use. See SMTP Configuration.

  2. In your PlateSpin Forge Web Client, click Settings > Email > Notification Settings.

  3. Select the Enable Notifications option.

  4. Click Edit Recipients, type the required e-mail addresses separated by commas, and click OK.

  5. Click Save.

    To delete listed e-mail addresses, click Delete next to the address that you want to remove.

The following are events that trigger e-mail notifications:

Event

Remarks

Workload Online Detected

Generated when the system detects that a previously offline workload is now online.

Applies to workloads whose protection schedule’s state is not Paused.

Workload Offline Detected

Generated when the system detects that a previously online workload is now offline.

Applies to workloads whose protection schedule’s state is not Paused.

Incremental Replication Failed

Full Replication Failed

Test Failover Completed

Generated upon manually marking a Test Failover operation a success or a failure.

Failover Completed

Prepare Failover Completed

Prepare Failover Failed

Failover Failed

Incremental Replication Missed

Generated when:

  • A replication is manually paused while a scheduled incremental replication is due.

  • The system attempts to carry out a scheduled incremental replication while a manually-triggered replication is underway.

  • The system determines that the target has insufficient free disk space.

Full Replication Missed

Similar to the Incremental Replication Missed event above.

4.1.3 Setting up Automatic Replication Reports by E-Mail

To set up PlateSpin Forge to automatically send out replication reports by e-mail, follow these steps:

  1. Set up an SMTP server for PlateSpin Forge to use. See SMTP Configuration.

  2. In your PlateSpin Forge Web Client, click Settings > Email > Replication Reports Settings.

  3. Select the Enable Replication Reports option.

  4. In the Report Recurrence section, click Configure and specify the required recurrence pattern for the reports.

  5. In the Recipients section, click Edit Recipients, type the required e-mail addresses separated by commas, and click OK.

  6. In the Protect Access URL section, specify, if required, a non-default URL for your PlateSpin Forge Server (for example, when your Forge Management VM has more than one NIC or if is located behind a NAT server). This URL impacts the title of the report and the functionality of accessing relevant content on the server through hyperlinks within e-mailed reports.

  7. Click Save.

For information on other types of reports that you can generate and view on demand, See Generating Workload and Workload Protection Reports in your User Guide.