Configuring and using event notifications
You can configure Db2 Automation Expert to send notifications by email or text message when Db2 Automation Expert job profiles are built in batch or when a maintenance window opens or ends.
About event notifications
You enter the type of notification and the sender and recipient's information in an event notification profile, and then associate the notifications profile to a job profile or to a maintenance window.
Event notification profiles contain information about the type of notification that is sent (email or text), and the type of events that you want be notified about. You can configure the notification profile to send notifications of:
- Batch build of a job profile begins
- Batch build of a job profile ends
- The number or list of triggered objects at batch build end
- Maintenance window opens
- Maintenance window closes
System requirements
The following requirements must be met to use event notifications:
- The customization steps to configure event notifications must be completed. See Worksheets: Gathering parameter values for Db2 Automation Expert
- TCP/IP and SMTP must be installed and configured on z/OS®.
- The SMTP server configuration file statement IPMAILERADDRESS must be configured to your current SMTP mail server.