2. Using Notification Settings
When you click Network in the Windows SBS Console and select the Computers tab, as shown in Figure 3,
you see a list of the computers on your network, a column specifying
whether each computer is online, and indicators providing the same four
categories of information as in the Network
Essentials Summary pane. The difference here is that you have a
separate set of indicators for each computer, while the Network
Essentials Summary pane condenses the information for the entire network
into four indicators.
From this page, you can also configure Windows SBS 2011 to send email
notifications to you, or anyone else, when certain events occur. To set
up email notifications, follow these steps:
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Log on to your Windows SBS 2011 primary server, using an account with
network Administrator privileges. The Windows SBS Console appears.
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Click Network, and then select the Computers tab.
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From the Tasks list, select View notification settings. The Notification Settings dialog box appears.
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On the Services tab, select the system services that you want to trigger an email notification when they shut down.
Note
Certain service failures can render the server unable to send any
email messages at all, in which case the system sends no email
notifications.
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Click the Performance counters
tab, and specify whether you want the system to send an email
notification when the amount of free disk space on the server drops
below 10 percent of its capacity. You can also modify the default
threshold by clicking Edit and specifying a different value in the Change threshold to text box.
Note
MORE INFO In Windows,
performance counters are registers that track specific statistics
pertaining to certain hardware or software components. Unfortunately,
this interface supports only one of the hundreds of counters available.
To track other counter values, you must use the Performance Monitor
Console, as described later in this chapter.
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Click the Event log errors tab and specify which event types should trigger an email notification.
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Click the E-mail address tab, and in the E-mail address
text box, specify the addresses of the individuals you want to receive
notifications. You can use local or Internet email addresses, separating
multiple addresses with semicolons.
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Click OK to close the Notification Settings dialog box.
