Configuration

Notifications setup

1

Login to XMS, go to ⚙ Settings > Slack notifications and switch the toggle to enable them.

2

Click the Enable notifications tile to open the settings.

3

Expand the Webhook address tab and enter the webhook URL for the Slack channel that should receive notifications.

Learn how to create a webhook address in this article.

4

Click the Test button to send a test message to your channel. If everything works correctly, click Save to proceed.

5

Next, expand the Slack notifications tab to configure additional settings, such as language and notification types.

6

To finish the email notifications setup, review your settings and click Save.

Available notification types

Below is a list of available notification types:

1. Backup plan summary — a notification is sent immediately after the backup task is finished or if it cannot be started. You can specify which task notifications you want to receive:

   1. Successfully finished tasks — notifies you about all successfully completed tasks.

   2. Tasks finished with warnings — notifies you about all tasks completed with warnings.

   3. Failed tasks — notifies you about all failed tasks.

   4. Canceled tasks — notifies you about all canceled tasks.

   5. Tasks not started — notifies you about tasks that could not be started.

2. Restore verification summary — sent after the data restoration process is completed; includes a detailed summary.

3. Daily report — an aggregate summary of all backup tasks performed during the day, sent at a manually defined time.

4. SLA Reports — monthly summary of backup correctness for the protected environment.

5. Storage capacity notifications — alerts you when storage usage exceeds the defined limit.