Commvault provides a set of predefined alerts that are recommended for monitoring your CommCell environment.
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Predefined alerts are not created when a CommServe computer is upgraded. If predefined alerts exist in the CommServe server and the server is upgraded, the upgraded server includes the predefined alerts.
Predefined alerts send notifications as follows:
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For email notifications, you must have the [Create Alert] permission on [CommCell] entity(s).
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For subscription-based alerts, emails are sent to client owners who have subscribed to the alert.
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Subscription-based alerts are intended for client owners, such as laptop users, who manage their data through the Web Console. For information on subscribing to these alerts, see Setting Up Data Management Alerts.
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For Analytics and Content Indexing alerts, emails are sent to the CommCell administrator.
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For other predefined alerts, emails are sent to members of the master user group and the alerts appear in the Console Alerts window.
Managing Predefined Alerts
You can view, edit, enable, disable, or delete predefined alerts from the CommCell Console. For example, you might want to:
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Edit a predefined alert to configure more notification types or add more users to receive the alert.
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Disable or delete a predefined alert if some of them are not needed in your CommCell environment.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Console ribbon, on the Home tab, click Alert > Configure Alert.
The Alerts dialog box displays all of the predefined alerts.
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Click the predefined alert and perform one of the following actions:
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To edit the predefined alert, click Edit.
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To delete the predefined alert, click Delete.
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To enable the predefined alert, click Enable or select the check box in the Status column.
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To disable the predefined alert, click Disable or clear the check box in the Status column.
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List of Predefined Alerts
The following table lists and describes each of the available predefined alerts:
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Alert Category/Type |
Description |
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Analytics - Low Disk Space |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the administrator when the index location used by the Index Server has reached 80% of the total available disk space. |
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Aux copy job delayed |
Job Management / Auxiliary Copy |
This alert notifies the user when an auxiliary copy operation is in a waiting state for four hours. |
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Aux copy job failed |
Job Management / Auxiliary Copy |
This alert notifies the user when an auxiliary copy operation meets one of the following criteria:
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Auxiliary copy fallen behind |
Job Management / Auxiliary Copy |
Any of the following criteria have been met for the selected storage policy copy:
Note If you do not select the To be copied data is over option for the storage policy copy, you will receive an alert when the data to be copied exceeds the default threshold of 25TB. Also, a warning icon appears for the storage policy and the storage policy copy. If an alert is received, give immediate attention to any abnormal condition. Immediate action will prevent the Auxiliary Copy falling behind the source copy, in terms of amount of data to be copied. The alert indicates the criteria that triggered the alert, with one alert reason for each criterion above, respectively:
Assuming the Auxiliary copy has had no issues and is expected to run for that duration, use the throughput and application values from the Auxiliary Copy Job Summary Report to set the value for this third criterion. For example, application data size is 1000 GB and throughput is 500 GB/hr, set time to 2 hours. Note The example below shows how the throughput is calculated internally and can be followed to set the hours value for the third criterion: Auxiliary Copy Job1 copied 4 TB in 2 hrs. Auxiliary Copy Job2 copied 2 TB in 1 hour. Average Throughput = (Total data copied by all jobs) / (Total time taken by all previous Auxiliary Copy jobs) In the example,
Average throughput is 6/3 = 2 TB/hr. To copy 4 TB, the calculation is 4/2, rounding up to the next hour set the alert to 2 hrs. If the amount of data to copy increases to 27 TB, set the alert to 14 hrs, if throughput is 2TB/hr. If throughput increases, for example 10 TB can be copied in 1 hr, then set the alert to 3 hrs, if data to be copied is 27TB. Fallen behind alert for Silo copy and Snap copy is not supported. The interval between alerts for this criterion can be configured in the Media Management Configuration (Auxiliary Copy Configuration) dialog box. The default interval is 24 hours, which is set in the Interval (Hours) between Auxiliary Copy Fallen Behind alerts option. |
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Backup job failed |
Job Management / Data Protection |
This alert notifies the user when a backup job fails to complete, fails to start or is stopped by the system |
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Client Groups Exceeding Assigned License Limits |
Custom Rules / Client Group License Usage Check |
This alert notifies the administrator when a client computer group exceeds the limit on the amount of data the client computer group can back up. This alert is disabled by default. When a limit is set, this alert is automatically enabled. For information on setting limits on client computer groups, see Setting a Licensing Limit for Tenants. |
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Clone Expiration Alert |
Custom Rules / Expiring clones |
This alert notifies the user who created a database clone that the database clone will expire in the number of days specified in the alert. By default, the alert notifies the user that the database clone will expire in 3 days. |
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CommServe Anomaly Alert |
Operation / Admin Alert |
This alert is enabled by default. This alert notifies the user when the system finds anomalies compared to the system thresholds calculated based on the historical data:
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Commserv anomaly digest |
Custom rules / Commserv anomaly digest |
This alert notifies the user about:
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Content Indexing - Document Count Alert |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the CommCell administrator when the number of content indexed documents has reached 20,00,000 on a search node with a limit of 30,000,000 indexed documents. By default, this check is performed every 90 minutes. To change the frequency of this alert, edit the alert and under Threshold and Notification Criteria Selection, select Repeat Notification Every and select how often you want the alert to be sent. |
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Content Indexing - Low Disk Space |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the CommCell administrator when the size of the content index has reached 80% of the total available disk space. |
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Data Aging is disabled for last n days |
Custom Rules / Data aging is disabled for n days |
This alert notifies the CommCell administrator when data aging was disabled for the client computers or the client computer groups for a specified number of days. This alert is disabled by default. To enable the alert, see Managing Predefined Alerts. |
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Data aging job failed |
Job Management / Data Aging |
This alert notifies the user when a data aging operation meets one of the following criteria:
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Data Verification Failure Detected |
Custom Rules / Data Verification Failure Detected Custom Rule |
This alert notifies the user when a failure is detected by the Data Verification job. |
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Decrease in data size |
Job Management / Data Protection |
This alert notifies the user when a backup job is at least 10% smaller in application size than the previous backup job of the same backup type. |
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Dedup DB reconstruction job failed |
Job Management / DeDup DB Reconstruction |
This alert notifies the user when a reconstruction job for a deduplication database meets one of the following criteria:
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Dedup Pruning Performance |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
When the Dedup Pruning Performance alert is enabled,an alert email is sent when the system detects anomalies in the DDB data pruning behavior for the following two entities:
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Deduplication Database Threshold |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when the average query and insertion (QI) time for the past three days of the deduplication database exceeds 70% of the two milliseconds threshold. When this alert occurs, make sure that the deduplication database is hosted on the recommended configuration referenced in Building Block Guide. For more information, see KB Article DD0005. |
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Device went offline |
Media Management / Device Status |
This alert notifies the user when a drive or mount path in a library goes offline. |
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Dirty volumes on client |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when a Windows file system agent detects a volume with file system errors (dirty volume). Only volumes that are added to the subclient content are checked for errors. The volume is checked every 24 hours or when a backup job runs if you selected the optimized scan method. |
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Disaster Recovery CommServe Alert |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when services associated with another CommServe (for example, a staged CommServe) tries to connect to the active CommServe. (When error code 19:2008 is encountered.) |
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Disaster recovery job failed |
Job Management / Disaster Recovery Backup |
This alert notifies the user when a disaster recovery backup operation completes with errors or warnings. |
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Disk space low on MediaAgent |
Configuration / MediaAgents |
This alert notifies the user when the disk space for the MediaAgent software installation and system directories (including the Index Directory folder) reaches the minimum thresholds. This alert monitors all the MediaAgent clients in the CommCell. The threshold for the MediaAgent software installation and system directories can be configured by using additional settings. The threshold for the Index Directory can be configured from the CommCell Console (MediaAgent > Properties > Catalog). See Index Retention Parameters. |
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Edge drive/share operations alert |
Configuration / Edge drive/Share operations |
This is a subscription-based alert, which notifies the end user when any share which a user is involved with undergoes a change. For example, renaming a share, adding comments to a share or changes made to the size of a share will send an email alert to the client owner who has subscribed to the alert. A CommCell Administrator can select which laptop clients or laptop client groups need to receive this subscription-based alert from the Entities Selection page in the Alert Wizard. Client owners can unsubscribe from this alert from the Web Console. |
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Edge drive quota alert |
Configuration / Users |
This is a subscription-based alert, which notifies the end users when the quota assigned to them meets one of the following criteria:
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Increase in data size |
Job Management / Data Protection |
This alert notifies the user when a backup job is at least 10% larger in application size than the previous backup job of the same backup type. |
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Index State |
Custom Rules / Index State |
This alert notifies the user when errors occur during index backup operations. |
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Insufficient storage on library |
Media Management / Library Management |
This alert notifies the user when there is no spare media in a library, or if the number of spare media for the scratch/cleaning pool in a library falls below the watermark. For disk libraries, the alert is sent if the disk space falls below the watermark or if there is insufficient disk space. |
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Library maintenance required |
Media Management / Library Management |
This alert notifies the user when a library meets one of the following criteria:
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License consumed exceeds 80% |
Configuration / License |
This alert notifies the user when the consumption of CommCell licenses have reached 80%. |
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License expires within 7 days |
Configuration / License |
This alert notifies the user 7 days prior the CommServe license expiration. |
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Low disk space on client |
Configuration / Clients |
This alert notifies the user when the disk space for the client software installation and system directories (including the Job Results folder) reaches the minimum thresholds. For more information, see Configuring Alerts for Low Disk Space. You can configure the threshold for the client software installation and system directories using additional settings. You can configure the threshold for the Job Results directory on the CommCell Console in the Client Computers properties dialog box. For more information, see Setting the Minimum Free Space for the Job Results Directory. This alert monitors all the client computers in the CommCell. |
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Metallic backup gateway are offline |
Custom Rules/Metallic Backup Gateways are Offline Custom Rule |
This alert will send email notifications about backup gateway node that are offline. Note The MediaAgent that are disabled and marked for maintenance will not receive notifications. |
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Media mount and usage error |
Media Management / Library Management |
This alert notifies the user when a library meets one of the following criteria:
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No Backup for last 4 days |
Job Management / Data Protection |
This is a subscription-based alert that notifies client owners when a backup operation for a laptop client does not occur in the last 4 days. A CommCell Administrator can select the laptop clients or laptop client groups that require this subscription-based alert from the Entities Selection page in the Alert Wizard. Client owners can unsubscribe from this alert from the Web Console. This alert is not applicable to synthetic full backup jobs. |
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No backup for last 7 days |
Job Management / Data Protection |
This alert notifies users when backup operations do not occur for a client computer and the associated virtual machines (that are part of subclient content) in the last 7 days. Note No backup alert condition is calculated based on the start time of the last successful backup job. This alert is not applicable to:
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No Index Backup in last 30 days |
Custom Rules / Index Backup Status |
This alert notifies the user when indexes are not backed up within 30 days. The IndexBackup subclient on the MediaAgent is monitored. |
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No recent DDB backup |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when there are no recent deduplication backup jobs occurring in the CommCell. |
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Non-Dedup Pruning Backlogged |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
When the Non-Dedup Pruning Backlogged alert is enabled, an email alert is generated on crossing the threshold configured for the following configuration parameters.
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Threat Indicator Alert |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when a possible ransomware attack is detected. The alert is triggered by event codes 7:211, 7:212, 7:269, 7:293, 7:333, 14:336, 14:337, and 69:59 that are added as regular expression. |
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Restore Job failed |
Job Management / Data Recovery |
This is a subscription-based alert, which notifies client owners when a restore fails for a laptop client. A CommCell Administrator can select which laptop clients or laptop client groups need to receive this subscription-based alert from the Entities Selection page in the Alert Wizard. Client owners can unsubscribe from this alert from the Web Console. |
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Security Alert |
Administrative Shares Configured |
This alert notifies the administrator that there are administrative shares used to configure a disk library mount path and/or disaster recovery (DR) backups export location. Reconfigure the administrative shares using a dedicated share to turn-off the alert. For more information, see Removing Administrative Shares from Windows Servers. |
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Subclient Association Limits for Deduplication |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when the average query and insertion (QI) time of the deduplication database exceeds 70% of the two milliseconds QI threshold. This alert is to notify users that the storage policy will not accept new subclients when the average QI time of the DDB exceeds 80% of the two milliseconds threshold. To avoid blocking the storage policy for subclient association, see KB Article DD0006. |
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Tape OML Mismatch Alert |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert is generated during media mount and unmount if there is a mismatch in the media between the OML (On Media Label) and the bar code. |
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Unusual Job Activity |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert is generated when the system detects anomalies in that day's regular backup or synthetic backup jobs in relation to other recent backup jobs. Such deviations include sudden increases or decreases in the number of created, modified, or deleted files and folders. This features applies to Indexing Version 2 only. Before the Unusual Job Activity check runs, the system requires at least 100 observations for regular backup jobs and 100 observations for synthetic backup jobs. These observations provide the baseline data that the Unusual Job Activity check uses to determine whether anomalies occur. The Unusual Job Activity feature is always enabled. However, the CommCell Console alert, and its corresponding summary email message, can be turned on or off. |
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Updates available for download |
Software Updates / Updates Available to Download |
This alert notifies the user when one or more Commvault updates are available for download. |
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Virtual Machine has been decommissioned |
Custom Rules / Notify decommissioned Virtual Machines |
This alert notifies the user when a virtual machine is decommissioned and identifies the timeline for completing backup copy operations before the VM client is deleted. |
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Web Endpoint Offline |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when services stop on any of the following platforms in the CommCell environment:
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Web Endpoint Online |
Operation / Event Viewer Events |
This alert notifies the user when services start on any of the following platforms in the CommCell environment:
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