Creating Email Alerts

You can trigger email notifications for TDV actions or events.

Tip from an expert: The following configuration parameters are left over from functionality that does not send email alerts: Email Addresses for CC, Enable Email Events, Email Addresses.

To enable email alerts

1. Open and log in to Studio.
2. From the Administration menu, choose Configuration.
3. Navigate to Server > Configuration > E-Mail.
4. Set values for the following:

Configuration Parameter

Description of Value

Example

From Address

Email address that you want to appear in the From line for alerts.

meg@queenbeesknees.net

SMTP Host Name

Name of the email server host.

javamail.queenbeesknees.com

Maximum number of rows included in email attachment.

If set to 0, there is no restriction on the size of the email attachment.

If set to a value greater than 0, the value is used as the maximum number of rows allowed for the attachment.

0
5. Save and exit the Configuration window.
6. From the Studio resource tree, right-click and select New Trigger.
7. Name and enable it.
8. Set the type of event that you want to trigger the alert. For example, a system event such as a cache refresh or data source going down. For information on how to set the different types of triggers, see the TDV User Guide.
Choose System Event to collect information for typical TDV events including, Metrics collection, caching actions, and request spikes.

Typical Event Areas

System Event Name

Metrics Alerts

MetricsPersistentFailure

MetricsTruncationFailure

MetricsBackupFailure

MetricsRestoreFailure

StatisticsGatheringFailure

Caching

CacheRefreshFailure

CacheRefreshSuccess

Cluster Management

ClusterServerJoined

ClusterServerConnected

ClusterServerDisconnected

ClusterServerShunned

Data Source Management

DataSourceDown

DataSourceUp

Request Management

RequestFailure

RequestInactive

RequestRunForTooLong

RequestsSpike

TransactionFailure

Resource Management

ResourceLock

ResourceUnlock

Errors and Login Management

ErrorsSpike

FailedLoginSpike

Server Management

ServerStart

ServerStop

Trigger Management

TriggerStart

TriggerEnd

TriggerFail
9. Select the Action Type of Send E-mail.
10. Specify a Resource path. For example, /shared/examples/ds_orders/tutorial/customers.
11. Type the email addresses for which to send the email alerts. For example, meg@queenbeesknees.net.
12. Type a meaningful Message Subject.
13. Type a meaningful Message Body.
14. Save the trigger.