Tracking system status by using email reports
Set up the Operations Center to generate email reports that summarize system status. You can configure a mail server connection, change report settings, and optionally create custom reports.
Before you begin
Before you set up email reports, ensure that the following requirements are met:
- A Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host server is available to send and receive reports by email. The SMTP server must be configured as an open mail relay. You must also ensure that the IBM Spectrum® Protect server that sends email messages has access to the SMTP server. If the Operations Center is installed on a separate computer, that computer does not require access to the SMTP server.
- To set up email reports, you must have system privilege for the server.
- To specify the recipients, you can enter one or more email addresses or administrator IDs. If you plan to enter an administrator ID, the ID must be registered on the hub server and must have an email address that is associated with it. To specify an email address for an administrator, use the EMAILADDRESS parameter of the UPDATE ADMIN command.
About this task
You can configure the Operations Center to send a general operations report, a license compliance report, and one or more custom reports. You create custom reports by selecting a template from a set of commonly used report templates or by entering SQL SELECT statements to query managed servers.
Procedure
To set up and manage email reports, complete the following steps: