Alerts

The Alerts menu displays current and recent warnings and errors in the IBM Spectrum® Protect Plus environment. The number of alerts is displayed in a red circle, indicating that alerts are available to view.

Click the Alerts menu to view the alerts list. Each item in the list includes a status icon, a summary of the alert, the time the associated warning or error occurred, and a link to view associated logs.

The alert list can include the following alert types:

Alert types
Job failed
Is displayed when a job fails.
Job partially succeeded
Is displayed when a job partially succeeds.
System disk space low
Is displayed when the amount of free disk space is 10% or less.
vSnap storage space low
Is displayed when the amount of free disk space is 10% or less.
System memory low
Is displayed when memory usage exceeds 95%.
System CPU usage high
Is displayed when processor usage exceeds 95%.
Hypervisor VM not found
Is displayed when the VM is not found.
Replication storage snapshot locked exception
Is displayed when the replication storage snapshot is locked. Increase replication retention or increase the replication frequency policy.
Copy storage snapshot locked exception
Is displayed when the most recently copied storage snapshot is locked. Increase copy retention or increase the copy frequency policy.
SQL log backup failure
Is displayed when log backup fails for a database.
SQL log SMO backup failure
Is displayed when there is a Server Management Object transaction log backup failure.
SQL log size too large
Is displayed when the transaction log size is larger than space available on disk.
SQL log remaining space low
Is displayed when the transaction log backup staging directory is low on disk space and displays the amount of space remaining.
Disabled deduplication on storage
Is displayed when deduplication gets disabled and displays the IP of the storage server. This will occur when the vSnap auto disable deduplication table (DDT) option is enabled and the defined size or percentage threshold is exceeded.