If you would like the added security of knowing that the backup ran successfully every day, without getting an email every single day, then you can receive a summary email with all backup events once a week.
All you need to do to receive this summary email is to add one (summary) filter that will collect and send emails on a weekly basis. Add an additional filter by right-clicking a previously created filter (or by right-clicking the "Filters" container) and selecting Add Filter. Enter a descriptive name (e.g. "Backup Summary") and hit ENTER.
Configure the general filter properties as shown below:
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Then, click the Hour / Day tab and set the summary schedule, and don't forget to set the schedule type to Summary as well. The schedule shown below will send a summary email every Monday at 7AM in the morning:
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When the schedule type is set to Summary, then EventSentry will queue events during inactive hours (blue buttons) rather than ignoring them. The events are queued until the first active hour (white button) is reached. It is then when all the queued events are sent out. Please see the EventSentry manual for more information on summary filters.
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EventSentry summary filters are useful for a variety of scenarios, not just for receiving a backup summary. Please note however that EventSentry requires you to create a unique SMTP notification for each summary notification filter that you create. This is due to the way how summary notifications are processed by the EventSentry agent. |
