Outgoing E-Mail settings | |
Send E-Mail through | • None • SMTP • MAPI (Windows DS-Client only) |
SMTP Server (SMTP only) | Shows the SMTP server. Click [...] to configure this setting. Opens the "SMTP settings" screen. |
From (E-Mail Address) (SMTP only) | Enter the email address from which you wish to send notifications. • Recipients will see this address in the “From” field of their email notifications (their ‘reply’ function will use this address). |
From (Display Name) (SMTP only) | Enter the name (or other text) you would like to appear in the “From” field of the notification email. • Recipients will see this text in the “From” field of their email notifications (before the email address). |
Profile (MAPI) (Windows DS-Client only) | Select the Mail Profile for DS-Client to use. Mail Profiles are maintained by your mail client. DS-Client currently supports only one mail client: Microsoft Outlook. • If no Profiles are listed, the mail client is not installed or no profiles were created under the DS-Client service account. • To create a Mail Profile, see the Knowledge Base article in “Setting up DS-Client Notifications”. |
E-Mail notification subject | |
Backup activity | Specify what appears in the subject line of notification emails for backup activities. • This field has a limit of 256 characters. • You can enter any text and combine it with the Backup activity placeholders. When a notification is sent, any placeholder is replaced with the corresponding data from the DS-Client database. • If you leave this field blank, a default subject line appears showing “DS-Client ({DSC_NUMBER}): {BACKUP_RUN_RESULT} - '\\{BACKUP_SOURCE}\{BACKUP_SET_NAME}({BACKUP_SET_OWNER})'”. • Placeholders are case-sensitive and must be entered between the { } brace characters. |
Backup activity placeholders: • {DSC_NAME} // DS-Client computer name • {DSC_NUMBER} // DS-Client Number • {BACKUP_SET_NAME} • {BACKUP_SET_OWNER} • {BACKUP_SOURCE} // Backup source host name • {BACKUP_RUN_RESULT} // Backup activity finished or not, with {N} errors. • {USER_NAME} // user that initiated the activity • {BACKUP_STATUS} // backup result will return one of the following: {ERROR}, {WARNING}, {SUCCESSFUL}, or {INCOMPLETE}. | |
Admin activity | Specify what appears in the subject line of notification emails for Admin activities (Daily and Weekly). • This field has a limit of 256 characters. • You can enter any text and combine it with the Admin activity placeholders. When a notification is sent, any placeholder is replaced with the corresponding data from the DS-Client database. • If you leave this field blank, a default subject line appears showing “DS-Client ({DSC_NUMBER}) {ADMIN_TYPE}”. • Placeholders are case-sensitive and must be entered between the { } brace characters. |
Admin activity placeholders: • {DSC_NAME} // DS-Client computer name • {DSC_NUMBER} // DS-Client Number • {USER_NAME} // user that initiated the activity • {ADMIN_TYPE} // admin activity type: Daily admin or Weekly admin | |
Administrator Setup section | |
Admin E-Mail | Specify the Administrator's email address. • DS-Client can send notifications to multiple email addresses if you separate them with a comma (,) or semicolon (;). • Test: Click this button to test the notification configuration. DS-Client will send a notification to the destination email(s). Check the email account(s) to verify the configuration works. |
Pager E-Mail | If the Administrator can be paged by email, specify the pager email address. The format of this field is the same as for Admin email. • DS-Client can send notifications to multiple email addresses if you separate them with a comma (,) or semicolon (;). • Test: Click this button to test the notification configuration. DS-Client will send a notification to the destination email(s). Check the pager(s) to verify the configuration works. |
Daily / Weekly Admin Setup section | |
Send summary | This will send a summary email to the Admin email account. It will contain a summary of Admin process information and backups processes (since the last Daily / Weekly Admin process). |
Send backup details | Includes the backup details with the summary. (Send summary must be selected.) |
Send E-Mail using HTML Format | (Email only). Check this box to send the summary in HTML format. Otherwise, it will be sent in plain text format. |