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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Managing NetBackup using OpsCenter
  4. About managing alert policies
  5. Managing an alert policy
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Managing an alert policy

Use the following procedure to edit, delete, copy, activate, or deactivate an alert policy. You can copy and use an alert policy on another managed master server. The copy of the alert policy is available in the alert policy details table where you can make changes to it.

To edit an alert policy

  1. In the OpsCenter console, select Manage > Alert Policies.
  2. Select an alert policy from the Name column in the table.
  3. Click Edit.

    The Alert Policy Wizard is used to create or edit a policy. When you edit an alert policy, the alert condition specific to the policy is selected by default in the Alert Policy Wizard. You cannot select a different alert condition while editing an alert policy.

    See Adding an alert policy.

To delete an alert policy

  1. In the OpsCenter console, select Manage > Alert Policies.
  2. Select an alert policy from the Name column in the table.
  3. Click Delete.

To copy an alert policy

  1. In the OpsCenter console, select Manage > Alert Policies.
  2. Select an alert policy from the Name column in the table.
  3. Click More and then click Copy from the drop-down list.
  4. In the Copy Alert Policy dialog box, enter the new name for the alert policy.
  5. Click OK.

    The copy of the alert policy is available in the alert policy details table where you can make changes to it.

To enable or disable an alert policy

  1. In the OpsCenter console, select Manage > Alert Policies.
  2. Select an alert policy from the Name column in the table.
  3. Click More and then click Enable or Disable from the drop-down list.

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