Triggers and Notifications
A Notification Trigger is an e-mail notification for selected groups of agents on an interval basis. A single trigger can be created for an entire group of agents. The notification will be an e-mail sent to the e-mail addresses specified in the trigger configuration. The current triggers are shown in the "Notification > Triggers" page.
When creating a New Trigger , you are asked some questions including the agents and groups that will be included in the notification. The " Notification Interval " choices are Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Immediate. You can set a custom subject, message text, etc. When done configuring click the Add button.
Once a New Trigger is added you can "View" or "Delete" the existing trigger by clicking on the buttons on the right-side of the screen in the Action column. To Edit you can click the View button.
The following custom email substitution variables can be used in the subject and body of the notification email.
| Variable | Description | Examples |
| $notificationIntervalType | The notification interval type name. |
Daily Weekly Monthly Immediate |
| $notificationTime | The notification time in the format hh:mm:ss tt as specified for a Daily interval. | 07:34:55 PM |
| $dayOfTheMonth | The notification day of the month as specified for a Monthly interval. | 15 |
| $dayOfTheWeek | The notification day of the week as specified for a Weekly interval. | Sunday |
| $agentName | The agent friendly name for which the job was run on. | agent1 |
| $groupName | The group name of the agent for which the job was run on. | group1 |
| $jobName | The name of the job that ran. | job1 |
| $jobStatus | The status of the job at the time of the notification. |
Started Successful Failed Stopped Warning |
| $jobType | The type of the job. |
Backup Restore Copy Import Image Backup Virtual Machine File Level Backup Virtual Machine Replication Backup Virtual Machine File Level Restore |
| $startDateTime | The time the job started. | 6/15/2016 7:47:34 PM |
| $endDateTime | The time the job finished. If the job has not finished yet, the value will be empty. | 6/15/2016 7:54:13 PM |
| $backupClientVersionNumber | The backup client version number. | 18.0.1813.1 |
Example:
To configure how the Notification e-mails are sent you, click on the "Notification" menu item under the "Settings" menu item. Notification e-mails are delivered by default via the built-in "NovaBACKUP Alerts" SMTP service.
You can also configure CMon to send Notifications using a "Custom SMTP" server. Make sure to fill in all of the details that are prompted for. Once the prompts are filled in click the " Test Email Settings " button to verify all of the settings are correct prior to saving, otherwise your Notification e-mails will fail.
