Product guide

Configuring Alerts and Notifications
Being notified when a potential threat is detected is an important part of protecting your
environment. You can use Alert Manager or VirusScan Enterprise local alerting to notify you
when detections occur.
• Alert Manager is a discrete component that works with VirusScan Enterprise to handle alerts
and events in real time. In a typical configuration, Alert Manager resides on a central server
and listens for alerts sent to it by VirusScan Enterprise. Use it to configure where and how
alerts are sent and what the alert message is.
• VirusScan Enterprise provides an interface for configuring Alert Manager and other alerting
options that do not require Alert Manager. Filter alerts by severity to limit alert traffic sent
to Alert Manager and configure local alerting options that do not require Alert Manager.
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Configuring alerts
Configuring alerts
To access the Alerts properties:
• From the ePolicy Orchestrator console, go to Systems | Policy Catalog and select
VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0 in the Product list and Alerts Policies in the Category list.
• From the VirusScan Console, select Tools | Alerts.
Configure the options on each tab. For option descriptions, click ? or Help on each tab.
Tab descriptions
DescriptionTab
Alert Manager Alerts • Specify which components generate alerts.
• Configure Alert Manager.
Additional Alerting
Options
• Filter alerts by severity.
• Configure local alerting.
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