Configure alert notification for a backup plan - Tablestore

After you specify an alert notification method for a backup plan, Cloud Backup sends alert notifications by using the specified alert notification method when a backup job fails. You can specify an alert notification method and the alert contacts or alert contact groups to receive alert notifications based on your business requirements.

Procedure

Go to the Alert Notification Method panel.
1. Log on to the Tablestore console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Data Backup.
3. On the Data Backup page, select the region in which the resources that you want to back up reside.
  The system automatically obtains the instance list in the selected region.
4. Click the icon next to the instance that you want to manage. On the Backup Plans tab, find the backup plan that you want to use.
5. In the Actions column of the backup plan, choose More > Alert Settings.

In the Alert Notification Method panel, select an alert notification method based on your business requirements.

Important

If you specify an alert notification method for a backup vault and a backup plan that uses the backup vault at the same time, the alert configuration of the backup plan prevails.

Alert configuration	Operation
Disable the alert notification feature	Set the Alert Notification Method parameter to Disabled.
Use the same alert configuration as that of the backup vault configured for the backup plan	Set the Alert Notification Method parameter to Same as Backup Vault. Note To view or modify the alert method of a backup vault, choose More > Alert Settings in the Actions column of the backup vault on the Storage Vaults page of the Cloud Backup console.
Send alert notifications to your Alibaba Cloud account	Set the Alert Notification Method parameter to Notify Alibaba Cloud Account.
Send alert notifications to custom alert contacts	Create alert contacts and select the contacts to receive alert notifications. Important Make sure that alert contacts or alert contact groups are created. For more information, see Create alert contacts or alert contact groups. In the Alert Notification Method panel, set the Alert Notification Method parameter to Custom. In the left-side section, select alert contacts or alert contact groups and click the icon. To remove alert contacts or alert contact groups, select the alert contacts or alert contact groups in the right-side section and click the icon.

Click OK.
Alert contacts receive an alert notification about one hour after a backup job fails. After an alert notification method is specified for a backup plan, you can choose More > Alert Settings in the Actions column of the backup plan and view or change the alert notification method.

Create alert contacts or alert contact groups

If no alert contact is created or the existing alert contacts do not meet your business requirements, create an alert contact. If you want to specify multiple alert contacts for a backup plan, you can add the alert contacts to an alert contact group.

Create an alert contact

If a backup job fails, the system sends an alert notification to the specified alert contacts.

Click Notification Contacts.
On the Contacts tab, click Create Contact.
In the Create Contact panel, enter the name and description of the alert contact.
Select one or two notification methods based on your business requirements and enter an email address or a mobile phone number.
- If you select Email for Notification Methods, enter the email address of the alert contact and click Send. Log on to the specified email box and view the verification code in the received email. Then, enter the verification code in the Verification Code field in the console.
- If you select Text Message for Notification Methods, enter the mobile phone number of the alert contact and click Send. The system sends a verification code by text message to the mobile phone number. Enter the verification code in the Verification Code field.
Click OK.

Create an alert contact group

If a backup job fails, the system sends an alert notification to all alert contacts in the group.

On the Notification Contacts page, click the Groups tab.
On the Groups tab, click Create Group.
In the Create Group panel, enter the name and description of the alert contact group.
In the left-side section under Contacts, select the alert contacts that you want to add to the alert contact group and click the icon.
To remove alert contacts from the alert contact group, select the alert contacts in the right-side section and click the icon.
Click OK.