Administrator Guide

Configure Email Notification Settings for Your User Account
Make sure that Storage Manager is configured to send email notifications to your account for the events that you want to monitor.
Prerequisites
• The SMTP server settings must be configured for the Data Collector. If these settings are not configured, the Data Collector is
not able to send emails.
• An email address must be configured for your user account.
Steps
1. In the top pane of the Dell Storage Manager Web UI, click your user name, then select User Preferences.
2. Click the Manage Events tab.
3. Select the check box for each event you want to be notified about.
4. Click OK.
Related links
Configure SMTP Server Settings
Configure an Email Address for Your User Account
Logs
Logs are records of event activity on the managed Storage Centers.
You can use the Logs tab to display and search for events in storage system logs.
NOTE: To view Storage Center logs in the Logs tab, the Storage Center must be configured to send logs to the Storage
Manager Data Collector.
Sending Storage Center Logs to Storage Manager
To view Storage Center logs in Storage Manager, the Storage Center must be configured to send logs to the Storage Manager
Data Collector. You can also configure the Storage Center to send logs to one or more syslog servers.
When a Storage Center is configured to send logs to the Data Collector, Storage Manager overwrites the syslog server settings for
the Storage Center. If you want to send the logs to the Data Collector and one or more syslog servers, configure the Data Collector
to forward the log messages to the appropriate servers.
Send Storage Center Logs to the Data Collector
Modify the Storage Center to forward logs to Storage Manager.
Prerequisites
• UDP port 514 must be open on the Storage Manager Data Collector server to receive logs from Storage Centers.
• The Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager using a Storage Center user with the Administrator privilege.
Steps
1. Expand the Dell Storage Manager menu, and then click Storage.
2. In the SC Series tab, select a Storage Center to open the Storage Center view.
3. In the Summary tab, click Settings. The Edit Storage Center Settings dialog box opens.
4. Click the Alerts and Logs tab.
5. Select Send Logs to Data Collector.
6. Click OK.
Send Storage Center Logs to a Syslog Server
Modify the Storage Center to forward logs to a syslog server.
Prerequisites
The Storage Center must be added to Storage Manager using a Storage Center user with the Administrator privilege.
Storage Manager Log Monitoring
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