Customizing Retention Policy Settings - Dell PowerVault DL4000 User Manual

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Notification Options
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Customizing Retention Policy Settings

The retention policy for a machine specifies how long the recovery points for an agent machine are stored in the
repository. Retention policies are used to retain backup snapshots for longer periods of time and to help manage these
Description
– Clusters
– Notification
– PowerShellScripting
– PushInstall
– Attachability
– Jobs
– Licensing
– LogTruncation
– Archive
– CoreService
– Export
– Protection
– Replication
– Rollback
– Rollup
You can also choose to select by type:
– Info
– Warning
– Error
NOTE: When you choose to select by type, by default, the appropriate events are
automatically enabled. For example, if you choose Warning, the Attachability, Jobs,
Licensing, Archive, CoreService, Export, Protection, Replication, and Rollback events
are enabled.
Select the method to specify how to handle notifications. You can choose from the
following options:
– Notify by Email — Specify the e-mail addresses to which to send the events in the
To, CC and optionally, BCC text boxes.
NOTE: To receive e-mail, SMTP must be previously configured.
– Notify by Windows Event log — The Windows Event log controls the notification.
– Notify by syslogd — You would need to specify the host name and port to which
to send the events.
* Host — Enter the host name for the server.
* Port — Enter a port number for communicating with the server.
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