5.5 Configuring Notifications for Events and Migrations

After you specify a valid Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for PlateSpin Migrate to use, you can configure PlateSpin Migrate to automatically send notifications of events and replication reports to specified email addresses.

5.5.1 Notifications Using the Migrate Client

You can set up a migration job to automatically send email notifications about status and progress to a specified address:

  • Job events: Job status messages such as Completed, Recoverable Error, and Failed.

  • Job progress: Detailed job progress messages at configurable intervals.

You specify SMTP server and email account details globally. You can also specify job-specific email addresses. See Section 5.4, Configuring the Notification Service.

To set up email notifications:

  1. In the PlateSpin Migrate Client, configure information for the SMTP server for PlateSpin Migrate to use. See Section 5.4.1, Notification Service Using Migrate Client.

  2. Start the migration job. For information about starting a migration job, see Section 25.2, Initiating a Migration Job.

  3. In the Job Configuration section of the Migration Job window, click Alerts and configure the required options.

    1. Select Receive Event Notifications to receive notifications for Completed, Recoverable Error, and Failed conditions for migration jobs.

    2. Select Receive Progress Notifications to receive progress notifications via email. Specify the frequency with which you want to receive notifications for the job.

    3. (Optional) In Send To Addresses, add or remove job-specific email addresses that will receive notifications.

  4. Click OK.

5.5.2 Notifications Using the Web Interface

To set up a list of recipients for event notifications:

  1. In the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface, configure information for the SMTP server for PlateSpin Migrate to use. See Setting up the SMTP Server.

  2. Select Settings > General Notification Settings.

  3. Select the Enable Notifications check box.

  4. In the Recipients section, click Edit Recipients to specify the required email addresses separated by commas and click OK.

  5. Click Save.

To set up a list of recipients for report notifications:

  1. In the PlateSpin Migrate Web Interface, set up an SMTP server for PlateSpin Migrate to use. See Setting up the SMTP Server.

  2. Select Settings > Report Notification Settings.

  3. Select the Enable Report Notifications check box.

  4. In the Report Recurrence section, click Edit and specify the required recurrence pattern for the reports.

  5. In the Recipients section, click Edit Recipients to specify the required email addresses separated by commas and click OK.

  6. (Optional) In the Migrate Access URL section, specify a non-default URL for your PlateSpin Server.

    For example, if your PlateSpin Server host has more than one NIC or is located behind a NAT server. This URL affects the title of the report and the functionality of accessing relevant content on the server through hyperlinks within emailed reports.

  7. Click Save.

For information on other types of reports that you can generate and view on demand, see Generating Workload and Workload Migration Reports.