NetWorker: Notifications Overview

NetWorker provides notification functionality using the NSR Notification resource. Various default notifications come pre-configured with NetWorker and can be reviewed from the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) under Server > Notifications.

Server > Notifications are not used for policy-specific actions such as backups or clones. To configure policy notifications, see: NetWorker: How To Configure Policy Email Notifications

NetWorker notifications use the following logic. If an Event occurs with a defined Priority, perform Action. The events and priority follow standard NetWorker logging; for example, Media > Critical. When a Critical Media message is logged in daemon.raw, a defined NetWorker notification action sends the corresponding message from the daemon log. The action can be one of the following:

• Log default:
  • Linux - Directs data about the NetWorker events to the logger. The logger utility sends the event with a tag of daemon.notice to the Operating system log file defined in the system configuration file, for example syslog.conf.
  • Windows - Sends data about NetWorker events to the ..\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\logs\messages log file, or as defined by nsrlog command.

Example:

nsrlog -f /nsr/logs/somelogfile

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) - Uses operating specific mail command to send an email notification to the system account or email recipient
  • Linux:

/bin/mail -s "Subject" -r sender@email.local recipient@email.local

• Windows:

smtpmail -s "Subject" -f sender@email.local recipient@email.local

NOTE: See smtpmail or mail documentation for additional options and functionality. Also see Dell article NetWorker: How to troubleshoot failing email notifications
 

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) - Uses nstrap command to send SNMP trap to SNMP trap receiver.

Example:

nsrtrap -c community_string trap_receiver_hostname/IP