Email

Email Alert Configuration

  • You can set the SMTP server and configure the email address to which backup reports can be mailed periodically. Options to configure sending various reports to different E-Mail addresses are available.
  • Go to the Settings tab and select an Email from your VMBackup Client. By default, Email Configuration will be disabled. Enable the Email Notifications option.

Configure SMTP server

  • Provide SMTP server details and if required provide outgoing server port number. (By default Port Number 465 will be used for SMTP server)
  • Also do provide authentication credentials, if the SMTP server requires one.
  • You also do have options to choose authentication type and SMTP secure protocol.

  • Once done providing SMTP server details, you can test it by sending a test E-Mail and verify the working.

Email reports

  • You can configure:
    • A single Email ID to receive all success/failure reports from the Backup Client.
    • Or enable different Email ID for each success/failure report generated (Backup Report/Deleted Backup Report).

Information Note:

Additionally Restore Report option will be available in VMBackup Client. Multiple recipients can be configured by separating two E-Mail ID’s by using a comma (,)