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reported using the
method. Selecting this option is equivalent to using the first
option when the Administrator is not running.
4. Do not show on screen, do not use alternate notification
If selected, the messages will not pop-up on the screen and will not be sent to the
.
The messages are still logged for displaying on the screen at a later time. You will be asked if you want
to display the messages whenever SBAdmin is started, when it is exited (in which case the log is
cleared), and you may also press the
View Log
button on the
to display the log at any
time.
Alternate Notification
In this section, you will select how backup status messages should be handled when the alternate
notification method is used. The alternate notification method will be used any time the Administrator is not
running (cannot be displayed on the screen) and/or when the second or third options of the
are selected.
1. Mail to user
By default, messages will be sent to the root user's mail when the alternate notification is used. If you
want a different user to receive the mail messages, select this option, then enter the user id in the
corresponding entry box. The user ID entered may be a local user (i.e. "mary") or a user on another
host (i.e. "scooter@adminsys"). You may want to limit the types of messages that are emailed to the
user. To do so, select the arrow-button next to the Messages to mail field, and select either All
messages, Warnings and errors or Errors only. A description of which messages fall under each
category is shown below.
2. Append to file
If, rather than sending mail, you want messages to be appended to a text file on the admin system,
select this option, then enter the name of the file in the corresponding entry box. If the file does not
already exist, it will be created when the first message is written. If it already exists, messages will be
appended to the bottom of the file. Messages in this file will look similar to the following:
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