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  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section II. Monitoring and notifications
  4. Notifications
  5. NetBackup event notifications
  6. NetBackup event types supported with notifications
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

NetBackup event types supported with notifications

The following NetBackup event types support event notifications in the NetBackup web UI.

Table: NetBackup event types supported with notifications

Event type and notification type value

Action

Severity

Sample notification message

Autodiscovery and Discover Now

AutoDiscoveryEvent

no actions

INFO

An appropriate notification is generated when an autodiscovery action or a Discover Now action is performed for VMWare, RHV, or Cloud servers.

 

no actions

CRITICAL

Note:

An appropriate notification is generated when an autodiscovery action or a Discover Now action fails for VMWare, RHV, Nutanix, or Cloud servers.

Note:

An appropriate notification is generated when an autodiscovery action or a Discover Now action fails for VMWare, RHV, or Cloud servers.

CRL Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

The CRL on host $ {hostName} is not refreshed.

Catalog Backup Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

One or more users who can access the identity files that need to be backed up as part of the disaster recovery (DR) package, do not exist on the system.

Catalog Image Expiration

Catalog

Note:

Also applicable for manual image expiration.

Not applicable

CRITICAL

Event for Catalog Image received. No additional details found.

Catalog Image Image_Name was modified.

Catalog Image Image_Name expired.

cDOT Client

cDOTClientEvent

CREATE

INFO

{Cluster_Data_ONTAP_Client_Name} was added as a cDOT client.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

{Cluster_Data_ONTAP_Client_Name} was deleted as a cDOT client.

Certificate Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

The certificate for host $ {hostName} is going to expire soon.

Client

ClientEvent

CREATE

INFO

The client {Client_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The client {Client_Name} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The client {Client_Name} was updated.

NetBackup Configuration Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

The NetBackup configuration file contains multiple CLIENT_NAME entries.

NetBackup Configuration Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

The service user does not have the required permissions on one or more links or junction target directories. Run the 'Install_Path\NetBackup\bin\goodies\nbserviceusercmd.exe -addAcl' command to assign the correct permissions.

The service user does not have the required permissions on one or more soft link target directories.

The service user does not have the required permissions on ALTPATH directories that are configured for one or more clients. Run the 'Install_Path\NetBackup\bin\goodies\nbserviceusercmd.exe -addAcl' command to assign the correct permissions.

NetBackup Configuration Health

Not applicable

INFO

Assigned the execute permission to the service user on one or more NetBackup directories.

NetBackup Configuration Health

Not applicable

WARNING

Could not assign the execute permission to the service user on one or more NetBackup directories.

DBPaaS Operation RCA

Not applicable

CRITICAL

Cannot complete backup. See the Root Cause Identifier (RCA) link for more information.

Drive

DriveChange

CREATE

INFO

The drive {Drive_Name} was created for host {Host_Name}.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The drive {Drive_Name} was deleted for host {Host_Name}.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The drive {Drive_Name} was updated for host {Host_Name}.

Note:

A notification message like this one is generated when a drive is updated for a particular host or when a drive state is changed to UP or DOWN.

Isilon Client

IsilonClientEvent

CREATE

INFO

{Isilon_Filer_Client_Name} was added as an Isilon client.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

{Isilon_Filer_Client_Name} was deleted as an Isilon client.

KMS Certificate Expiration

KMSCredentialStatus

EXPIRY

WARNING

The certificate that is used to communicate with the KMS server {KMS_Server_Name}${server} is about to expire in {days_to_expiration}. If the certificate is not renewed on time, communication with the KMS server fails.

Library Event - Robot

Library

CREATE

INFO

The library {Library_Name} was created for host {Host_Name}.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The library {Library_Name} was deleted for host {Host_Name}.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The library {Library_Name} was updated for host {Host_Name}.

Machine [Primary/Media/Cluster]

Machine

CREATE

INFO

The host {Host_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The host {Host_Name} was deleted.

Media

Media

CREATE

INFO

The media {Media_ID} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The media {Media_ID} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The media {Media_ID} was updated.

Media Group

MediaGroup

CREATE

INFO

The media group {Media_Group_ID} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The media group {Media_Group_ID} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The media group {Media_Group_ID} was updated.

Media Pool

MediaPool

CREATE

INFO

The media pool {Media_Pool_ID} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The media pool {Media_Pool_ID} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The media pool {Media_Pool_ID} was updated.

Message Broker Service Status

ServiceStatus

RUNNING

INFO

The NetBackup Messaging Broker service is running. NetBackup internal notifications are now enabled.

 

STOPPED

INFO

The NetBackup Messaging Broker service is stopped. NetBackup internal notifications are now disabled.

Policy

Policy

Note:

When possible, an aggregated policy event for two or more policy actions is created.

Create

INFO

The policy {Policy_Name} was created.

Event for Policy received. No additional details found.

 

Update

INFO or CRITICAL

The policy {Policy_Name} was activated.

The policy {Policy_Name} was deactivated.

The policy {Policy_Name} was updated.

The client {Policy_Name} was added to the policy ${policyName}.

The client {Policy_Name} was removed from the policy {Policy_Name}.

The schedule {Policy_Name} was added to the policy ${Policy_Name}.

The schedule {Policy_Name} was removed from the policy {Policy_Name}.

 

Delete

CRITICAL

The policy {Policy_Name} was deleted.

Protection Plan

ProtectionPlan

Create

INFO

Received an event for protection plan.

The protection plan Protection_Plan_Name is created.

The protection plan Protection_Plan_Name is created from existing NetBackup policy.

 

Update

INFO

The protection plan Protection_Plan_Name is updated.

 

Delete

CRITICAL

The protection plan Protection_Plan_Name is deleted.

Protection Plan Subscription

ProtectionPlanSubscription

Create

INFO

Received an event for protection plan subscription.

The Asset_Class Asset_Display_Name is subscribed to protection plan Protection_Plan_Name.

 

Update

INFO

The Asset_Class Asset_Display_Name subscription with protection plan Protection_Plan_Name is updated.

 

Delete

CRITICAL

The Asset_Class Asset_Display_Name is unsubscribed from protection plan Protection_Plan_Name.

Retention Event

RetentionEvent

UPDATE

INFO

Retention level has been changed.

Storage life cycle policy

SLP

Create

INFO

Event for Storage Lifecycle Policy received. No additional details found.

The Storage Lifecycle Policy {Policy_Name} was created.

 

Delete

CRITICAL

The Storage Lifecycle Policy {Policy_Name} was deleted.

The Storage Lifecycle Policy {Policy_Name} with version Version_Number was deleted.

Storage life cycle policy state change

SlpVersionActInactEvent

UPDATE

INFO

The SLP version {Version} was changed.

Storage Unit

StorageUnit

Note:

Any change to a basic disk staging schedule (DSSU), such as adding, deleting, or modifying, generates relevant storage unit notifications. With those notifications, some additional policy notifications are also generated with policy name __DSSU_POLICY_{Storage_Unit_Name}.

CREATE

INFO

The storage unit {Storage_Unit_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The storage unit {Storage_Unit_Name} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The storage unit {Storage_Unit_Name} was updated.

Storage Unit Group

StorageUnitGroup

CREATE

INFO

The storage unit group {Storage_Unit_Group_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The storage unit group {Storage_Unit_Group_Name} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The storage unit group {Storage_Unit_Group_Name} was updated.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The storage service {Storage_Service_Name} was updated.

Usage Reporting

UsageReportingEvent

No actions

INFO or ERROR

The usage report generation has started.

The usage report is generated successfully.

Failed to generate the usage report. For more details, refer to the gather and report logs in the parent directory.

VMware Discovery

TAGSDISCOVERYEVENT

no actions

INFO

VMware tags cannot be retrieved.

Web Truststore Health

Not applicable

CRITICAL

One or more files and / or directories do not have appropriate web service user permissions.

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