Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

About Events

An event signals that user intervention is required. For example, if a NetWorker server needs a new tape, the server alerts users to the situation by posting an event to the Console window.

NetWorker software generates an event that is based on various factors, including the following scenarios:

• The software or hardware encounters an error that requires user intervention to resolve.
• A NetWorker savegroup has failed.
• Drive ordering or serial number mismatch issues — a description of the problem is provided, along with a corrective action to fix the problem.
• Capacity monitoring — for example, reaching the space threshold on the deduplication node.
• NetWorker software is unable to poll a host it is monitoring for events or for generating reports.
• A license or enabler code that is managed by the License Manager is about to expire.

Some situations do not result in the generation of an event. For example, when a license managed by the NetWorker Console (instead of by the License Manager) approaches its expiration date. In this situation, a message is recorded in the NetWorker logs, but an event is not generated until the expired license causes a backup to fail. Check the Administration window from time to time for important messages.