Where to find alerts in Backup Exec
You can find alerts in multiple locations on the Backup Exec Administration Console.
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Table: Where alerts appear on the Backup Exec Administration Console
| Location of alerts | Details |
|---|---|
| Home tab | To see a list of active alerts on the Home tab, ensure that the Active Alerts check box is checked in the System Health group. To see a list of alerts in alert history, ensure that the Alert History check box is checked in the System Health group. |
| From the Active Alerts widget on the Home page, you can respond to alerts, view the job log, clear all informational alerts, or view the details of specific alerts. | |
| Backup and Restore tab | On the Backup and Restore tab, active alerts are listed for each server on the list of servers. Also, when you double-click a server, you can select Active Alerts in the left pane to display all of the active alerts for that server. When you select Active Alerts in the left pane, the Show Alert History option also becomes available in the Alerts group at the top of the dialog box. |
| Additionally, you can click the alert icon next to a server name to view the alerts for that server. | |
| Storage tab | On the Storage tab, active alerts are listed for each storage device on the list of storage devices. Also, when you double-click a storage device, you can select Active Alerts in the left pane to display all of the active alerts for that device. When you select Active Alerts in the left pane, the Show Alert History option also becomes available in the Alerts group at the top of the dialog box. |
| Additionally, you can click the alert icon next to a storage device name to view the alerts for that device. | |
| Backup Exec status bar | The Backup Exec status bar shows the number of active alerts for each type of alert. Double-click in the Alerts section of the Backup Exec status bar to see a list of all the active alerts and the alert history, along with details of those alerts. |
| Windows status bar | If you have minimized Backup Exec, the Backup Exec icon on the Windows status bar flashes when a Backup Exec alert is triggered. When you maximize Backup Exec, the pop-up alerts appear. |
| Pop-up window | Alert pop-up windows appear when an alert is triggered. The color of the alert pop-up corresponds to the type of alert; red for error alerts, yellow for warning alerts, purple for attention-required alerts, and blue for informational alerts. If more than three alerts are available, the pop-up lists the number of alerts that are pending and the color of the pop-up indicates the most severe of the alert types. For example, if three informational alerts and two error alerts have occurred, the pop-up alert indicates that five alerts have arrived. Additionally, the pop-up color will be red to indicate that error alerts are part of the group of new alerts. You can respond to attention required alert types directly from the pop-up. |