REST API - GET Alert

This operation returns a list of alerts.

Request

Syntax

GET <webservice>/AlertRule HTTP/1.1
Host: <host name>
Accept: application/xml
Authtoken: <authentication token>

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Headers

Name	Description
Host	The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.
Accept	The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.
Authtoken	The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter

Description

Element

myReceiveTotal

The total number of alerts received.

CVGui_AlertListResp

myCreatedTotal

The total number of alerts created.

CVGui_AlertListResp

description

The alert description.

alertList

createdTime

The date and time the alert was created.

Valid values are UNIX-style timestamps (seconds since January 1, 1970).

alertList

notifType

The notification type for the alert. If multiple notification types are needed, send the sum of the notification types. For example, the parameter to deliver alerts through email and through the console is val = "8193".

Valid values are:

1, for email
4, for SNMP
8, for event viewer
512, for save to disk
1024, for RSS feeds
8192, for console alerts
32768, for SCOM
65536, for workflow
131072, for content indexing
2097152, for webhooks

alertList

status

The status for the alert. If multiple status types are needed, then the sum of individual status values are used. For example, a status value of 2193 means the alert is disabled (1), has the option to send individual notifications selected (16), and is a system created alert (2048).

Valid individual status values are:

1: Alert is currently disabled.
4: Alert is job based, schedule, or policy based alert.
16: Option to send individual notifications for the alert is selected.
128: Alert is subscription based.
256: The alert is permanent and cannot be deleted (system-created alerts only).
1024: Option to process discovered virtual machines is selected.

alertList

The system-generated ID assigned to the alert.

alert

name

The name of the alert.

alert

The system-generated ID assigned to the user who created the alert.

creator

name

The name of the user who created the alert.

creator

The ID assigned to the alert category.

Valid values are:

1, for Job Management
2, for Configuration
3, for Media Management
5, for Software Updates
8, for Operation
9, for Others

alertCategory

name

The name of the alert category.

alertCategory

The ID assigned to the alert type.

Valid values are:

1, for Data Aging
2, for Auxiliary Copy
3, for Data Protection
4, for Data Recovery
5, for Disaster Recovery Backup
6, for Data Verification
7, for Media Inventory
8, for scheduled export
9, for Media Erase
10, for Client
11, for agents
1. for CommCell
13, for MediaAgents
14, for Schedules
15, for Storage Policy
16, for Library
17, for Library Management
18, for VaultTracker
19, for Download Software
20, for Install Updates
21, for Device Status
22, for Erase Data

23, for application exchange
24, for Updates Available for Download
25, for File Replication
26, for Upgrades and Service Packs
27, for Data Classification
28, for Continuous Data Replication
29, for offline content indexing
30, for SharePoint
52, for Report
53, for Information Management
54, for Media Refreshing
55, for DeDup DB Reconstruction
57, for Log Monitoring 58, for Event Viewer Events
59, for Client Group
60, for License
61, for Backup Copy Workflow
62, for log monitoring for Windows events
63, for Workflow
64, for Virtualize Me
65, for custom queries
When the alertCatagory element id parameter equals 9, the alertType element id parameter equals the query ID.

alertType

name

The name of the alert type.

alertType

Examples

Sample Request

GET <webservice>/AlertRule HTTP/1.1
Host: client.mydomain.com
Accept: application/xml
Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6
0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f
8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f
40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7
68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323
3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8

Sample Response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
 <CVGui_AlertListResp myReceiveTotal="48" myCreatedTotal="48">
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1389380460" notifType="131073" status="144">
   <alert id="20" name="No backup for last 4 days"/>
   <creator id="1" name="admin"/>
   <alertCategory id="1" name="Job Management"/>
   <alertType id="3" name="Data Protection"/>
  </alertList>
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1400738424" notifType="131073" status="0">
   <alert id="43" name="LOG alert"/>
   <creator id="1" name="admin"/>
   <alertCategory id="8" name="Operation"/>
   <alertType id="57" name="Log Monitoring"/>
  </alertList>
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1390852120" notifType="131073" status="1">
   <alert id="54" name="Content Indexing - Low Disk Space"/>
   <creator id="1" name="admin"/>
   <alertCategory id="8" name="Operation"/>
   <alertType id="58" name="Event Viewer Events"/>
  </alertList>
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1390852113" notifType="131073" status="1">
   <alert id="56" name="Schedule_1"/>
   <creator id="10" name="jdoe"/>
   <alertCategory id="2" name="Configuration"/>
   <alertType id="14" name="Schedules"/>
  </alertList>
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1390852103" notifType="131073" status="1">
   <alert id="68" name="Updates available for download"/>
   <creator id="1" name="admin"/>
   <alertCategory id="5" name="Software Updates"/>
   <alertType id="24" name="Updates Available to Download"/>
  </alertList>
  <alertList description="" createdTime="1403207885" notifType="131073" status="0">
   <alert id="77" name="is_Custom"/>
   <creator id="1" name="admin"/>
   <alertCategory id="9" name="Others"/>
   <alertType id="2" name="custom_alert"/>
  </alertList>
 </CVGui_AlertListResp>