Failure Alerts

On request UMove can alert you if a scheduled backup fails.

When Windows backs up Active Directory it does an automatic scan for corrupt indices and for corrupt pages (bad ESE checksums). These errors can prevent the backup from completing successfully. By doing daily backups and using UMove's alert feature you can be notified immediately if the database file is found to be corrupted. You can then recover AD from the previous day's backup. Replication will then replay any changes made since the backup.

Types of failure alerts

UMove offers three methods to alert you if the backup fails:

• Display a message box on the console
• Send an alert to a specific user
• Send a message via e-mail

Display a message box on the console

UMove will display a message box on the console if the backup fails.

Windows Server 2000 or 2003: A user must be currently logged on to the console to receive the alert.

Windows Server 2008 If no user is logged on, the alert message is sent to the logon screen. It will remain on the logon screen until you click Ok. If you later connect using Terminal Services Remote Administration it will appear on the remote logon screen until you click Ok.

Send an alert to a specific user

UMove will send an alert message to the user name specified. The message will appear at any computer where the user is logged on. For this feature to work on a remote computer you must enable the Messenger service and configure it to auto-start on the remote computer.

Note: The Messenger service is only available on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It is not available on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista.

Send a message via e-mail

UMove will send a short e-mail message to warn you about the failed backup. You need to specify the “To:” address and the name of the mail server.

Testing the alert settings

You can send a test alert by pressing the button Send test alert. This will confirm that the alert mechanism(s) that you selected are working correctly.

For more information

See Scheduled Backup.