Alerts and notifications in CAS

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
In a Central Admin Server feature (CAS) environment, the alerts that are generated on a managed Backup Exec server are automatically rolled up to the central administration server. To see those alerts on the central administration server, you must configure alert categories to enable or disable alerts on each managed Backup Exec server and on the central administration server itself.
After you respond to and clear the active alert on the central administration server, the alert is cleared on the managed Backup Exec server as well.
If you enable Backup Exec alerts on a managed Backup Exec server without enabling alerts on the central administration server, alerts appear only on the managed Backup Exec server where they are generated; they do not appear on the central administration server.
On the central administration server, you can view alerts for all managed Backup Exec servers, or you can filter the alerts to view only the alerts for a specific managed Backup Exec server or Backup Exec server pool.
You can configure a notification on either the central administration server or the managed Backup Exec server. Regardless of where you configure the notification, if it is for a delegated job, it is sent by the central administration server. You can choose to notify the local administrator of the managed Backup Exec server, or the administrator of the central administration server, or both.
Copying alert configurations to managed Backup Exec servers
You can enable and configure alerts at the central administration server, and then copy the alert configurations to a managed Backup Exec server. After the alert configurations are copied, the alerts that are generated on a managed Backup Exec server appear on both the managed Backup Exec server and the central administration server.
To copy alert configurations to managed Backup Exec servers
  1. On the central administration server, click the Backup Exec button.
  2. Select Configuration and Settings, and then selectCopy Settings to Other Servers.
  3. Under Select settings to copy, check Alert configuration.
  4. Click Add.
  5. Enter the name of a managed Backup Exec server to which you want to copy the alert configuration.
  6. Click OK.
  7. On the Copy Settings dialog box, click OK.
An alert on the central administration server confirms that the copy succeeded.