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  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section I. Managing security
  4. Monitoring and notifications
  5. About notifications
  6. How to disable or modify NetBackup event notifications in the web UI

How to disable or modify NetBackup event notifications in the web UI

You can disable specific types of NetBackup event notifications that appear in the web UI, or modify their severity and priority, by making changes to the eventlog.properties file on the NetBackup master server:

  • Windows:

    install_path\var\global\wmc\h2Stores\notifications\properties

  • UNIX:

    /usr/openv/var/global/wmc/h2Stores/notifications/properties

To disable event notifications

  • Add a DISABLE entry in the eventlog.properties file in one of the following formats:

    DISABLE.NotificationType = true

    Or DISABLE.NotificationType.Action = true

    Or DISABLE.namespace

    See Table: NetBackup event types supported with Notifications for valid NotificationType and Action values.

    For example:

    • To disable notifications about all storage unit events:

      DISABLE.StorageUnit = true

    • To disable only notifications about create storage unit events:

      DISABLE.StorageUnit.CREATE = true

    • To disable only notifications about update to storage unit events using a namespace:

      DISABLE.eventlog.vrts.nbu.emm.storageunit.update = true

To modify the priority or severity of event notifications

  • Add or change an entry in the eventlog.properties file in one of the following formats:

    NotificationType.Action.prioirty = value

    Or NotificationType.Action.severity = value

    Valid priority values are: LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH

    Valid severity values are: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG

    For example:

    • To set priority and severity for create storage unit events:

      StorageUnit.CREATE.priority = LOW
      StorageUnit.CREATE.severity = INFO

Table: NetBackup event types supported with Notifications

Event type and notification type value

Action

Severity

Sample notification message

Policy

PolicyEvent

ADD

INFO

The policy event for {Policy_Name} was received.

The policy {Policy_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The policy {Policy_Name} was deleted.

Client

ClientEvent

ADD

INFO

The client {Client_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The client {Client_Name} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The client {Client_Name} was updated.

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}.

ADD

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

ADD

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.

Storage Service Event

StorageServiceEvent

DELETE

CRITICAL

The storage service {Storage_Service_Name} was deleted.

 

UPDATE

INFO

The storage service {Storage_Service_Name} was updated.

Storage life cycle policy state change

SlpVersionActInactEvent

UPDATE

INFO

The SLP version {Version} was changed.

cDOT Client

cDOTClientEvent

ADD

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.

Isilon Client

IsilonClientEvent

ADD

INFO

{Isilon_Filer_Client_Name} was added as an Isilon client.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

{Isilon_Filer_Client_Name} was deleted as an Isilon client.

Machine [Master/Media/Cluster]

Machine

Note:

If you add a VMware server, an RHV server, or a Cloud server with valid credentials, then a Machine Create notification is generated.

If you try to add a VMware server, an RHV server, or a Cloud server with invalid credentials, then Machine Create and Machine Delete notifications are generated.

During an agentless VMware restore, NetBackup requires the credentials for the virtual machine where the files are to be restored. These credentials are stored in the database, in a similar manner as vCenter credentials. Machine-type notifications are generated when these credentials are added, updated, or deleted in the database with UUID as the host value.

ADD

INFO

The host {Host_Name} was created.

 

DELETE

CRITICAL

The host {Host_Name} was deleted.

Drive

DriveChange

ADD

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.

Library Event - Robot

Library

ADD

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}.

Media

Media

ADD

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

ADD

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

ADD

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.

Retention Event

RetentionEvent

UPDATE

INFO

Retention level has been changed.

VMware Discovery

TAGSDISCOVERYEVENT

no actions

INFO

VMware tags cannot be retrieved.

Autodiscovery and Discover Now

AutoDiscoveryEvent

no actions

INFO

Note:

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

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.

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.

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