Cloud Backup:Configure alert notifications

Create a notification contact

A notification contact is a person who receives backup alerts. To create a notification contact, perform the following steps:

1. Log on to the Cloud Backup console.

2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Notification Contacts.

3. On the Notification Contacts page, click the Contacts tab.

4. In the upper-right corner, click Create Contact.

5. In the Create Contact panel, enter a contact name.

6. Set the Notification Methods parameter to Email and click OK.

   After you select Email, enter an email address in the Email field and click Send. Log on to the account of the specified email address and copy the verification code from the received email. Then, paste the code in the Verification Code field in the Cloud Backup console.

   Note

   • You can view the information of all created notification alerts on the Contacts tab.

   • You can click Modify to change the email address of a notification contact.

   • You cannot delete a notification contact if the contact is specified to receive alert notifications or added to a contact group.

Create a contact group

You can create a contact group and add multiple notification contacts to the group. Then, you can configure the group to receive the same alert notifications. This way, you can manage notification contacts in an efficient manner. When an alert is triggered, Cloud Backup sends alert notifications to all contacts in the group.

1. In the left-side navigation pane, click Notification Contacts.

2. On the Notification Contacts page, click the Groups tab.

3. In the upper-right corner of the tab, click Create Group.

4. In the Create Group panel, enter a group name.

5. Select the contacts that you want to add to the group and click the button. Then, the selected contacts are added to the Selected Contacts section. Click OK.

   Note

   • On the Groups tab, you can view information about all created contact groups and the number of contacts in each group.

   • You can click Modify to modify a contact group.

   • If a group is specified to receive alert notifications, you cannot delete the contact group.

Create an alert policy

1. On the Overview page, find the vault for which you want to configure an alert policy.

2. In the upper-right corner of the vault card, choose Settings > Modify Backup Vault.

3. In the Modify Backup Vault panel, select an alert policy based on your business requirements and click OK.

   Alert policy	Description
   Disabled	If you select this option, Cloud Backup does not send alert notifications.
   Default	If you select this option, Cloud Backup sends alert notifications to the owner of the Alibaba Cloud account by using emails.
   Custom	If you select this option, you must select one or more notification contacts or contact groups. Cloud Backup sends alert notifications to the selected contacts and contact groups.