Configuring alert email
FortiRecorder can send alert emails whenever an important system event occurs, such as the hard disk being full.
To configure alert email settings
- Configure the mail server settings so that FortiRecorder can send email. For details, see Configuring email settings for notifications.
- Go to Logs & Alert > Alert Email > Configuration.
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Click New.
You can configure up to 10 recipient email addresses.
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In Email to, enter the recipient email address that FortiRecorder will use, such as:
admin@example.com
This setting is only for appliance-related notifications, such as the hard disk being full. It does not configure the recipient of camera-related notifications, such as motion detection. See Configuring notification triggers.
- Click Create.
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Go t o Logs & Alert > Alert Email > Category. Mark the check boxes of all appliance events that you want to trigger an alert, such as:
Setting Name
Description
System events
Enable to notify when serious system events occur such as daemon crashes. See also Resource issues.
Disk is full
Enable to notify when the disk partition that stores log data is full. See also Data storage issues.
Camera device altered
Enable to notify when a defined camera configuration has been enabled or disabled, or if there are problems with the camera. (The FortiRecorder will not control or record video from a camera that is not enabled in its list of known, configured devices. See Configuring cameras .)
Camera communication error
Enable to notify when there has been a network error during communications between the FortiRecorder and camera. See also Connectivity issues.
Camera recording error
Enable to notify when an issue prevents a camera from recording. See also Video viewing issues and Connectivity issues.
Camera alert summary
Enable notify when various alerts have been triggered.
Video disk events
Enable to notify when the disk partition that stores video data is full. See also Data storage issues.
- Click Apply.