Backup Exec 25 Administrator's Guide

To add recipients for email or text message notification

1. Click the Backup Exec button, and then select Configuration and Settings.
2. Select Alerts and Notifications, and then select Notification Recipients.
3. On the Manage Recipients dialog box, click Add a recipient.
4. In the Name field, type the name of the recipient.
5. Select the method of notification for this recipient:

   To send emails to this recipient

   Check Send notifications by email, and then enter the person's email address. To limit the number of emails that are sent within a specific amount of time, check Send no more than x emails within x minutes/hours, and then enter the maximum number of emails to send in a specific time period.

   To send text messages to this recipient

   Check Send notifications by text message, and then enter the person's cell phone number and text message service provider's address. Note: If the recipient is located in a different country, you must include the exit code of the country from which the message is generated and the country code for the country in which the recipient is located. For example, the exit code for the United States is 011. The country code for Italy is 39. To send a message from the United States to a recipient that is located in Italy, enter 011 39 and the recipient's phone number. The phone number can include spaces and the following characters: Opening and closing quotes Period Plus sign Dash Opening and closing parentheses Forward slash To limit the number of text messages that are sent within a specific amount of time, check Send no more than x text messages within x minutes/hours, and then enter the maximum number of text messages to send in a specific time period.

6. Click OK.

   You can now assign the recipients to the alert categories for which they should receive notifications.

   See Assigning recipients to receive notifications for specific alert categories.