Alert notifications

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 provides the ability of notifying users about alerts by e-mail.

This option enables you to specify when and how often to receive notifications about the certain types of alerts.

The preset is: Disabled.

Note: Before configuring alert notifications, specify the SMTP server settings in the E-mail notifications.

To configure alert notifications

1. Select the Send e-mail notifications check box.
2. In the E-mail addresses field, type the e-mail address to which notifications will be sent. You can enter several addresses separated by semicolons.
3. In the Subject field, type the notification subject or leave the default value.
4. Select the necessary notification method:
   • Per-alert – the notification will be sent as soon as a new alert occurs:

     Select the As soon as an alert appears check box.

     Click Select the types of alerts... to specify the types of alerts to receive notifications about.

   • On schedule – the notification including all alerts that have occurred over a certain period of time. To receive notifications on schedule:

     Select the On schedule check box.

     Click Select the types of alerts... to specify the types of alerts to receive notifications about.

     Click Notification schedule to set up the notification frequency and time.

5. Click OK.
6. Click Send test e-mail message to check if the settings are correct.