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Alerts for Enterprise Workloads

This topic provides an overview of alerts. It also includes information about the severity of the alerts and type of alerts. Management Console currently displays alerts only for Hybrid Workloads. Alerts for AWS and Azure Workloads will be integrated at a later stage.

What are alerts

Druva  generate alerts to indicate an exception situation or notify about a potential issue that needs attention. For example, when cloud storage usage exceeds 80%, an alert is created. The Alerts page displays the list of generated alerts in your environment, sorted by severity to prioritize critical issues for administrators.

An alert remains active until resolved and is listed in the Alerts. Once the underlying event or exception is fixed, Druva considers the associated alert resolved, removing it from the Dashboard and Alerts pages. The Alerts History report provides a record of both active and resolved alerts for your workloads. For more information, see Reports

Who can view alerts

By default, all Enterprise Workloads administrators, such as cloud administrators, organization administrators, group administrators, custom administrators, and data protection officers, are subscribed to alerts. Additionally, cloud administrators and their custom administrators, organization administrators and their custom administrators, as well as data protection officers, have the ability to manage alert subscriptions for non-administrators. The subscribed administrators and non-administrators receive email notifications in the event of job failures, reports, and so on.

Note:  Administrators can unsubscribe themselves from the alerts using the My Subscriptions tab on the Alerts Subscriptions page. For more information, see Alert subscriptions for administrators.

What is the severity of alerts

Alerts are prioritized based on their severity to assist administrators in addressing critical issues first. The following list provides details about the severity of the alerts:

  • Critical: Requires immediate resolution
  • Warning: Requires timely resolution, with lower priority compared to critical alerts
  • Information: Informative in nature that ay not require administrator-assisted resolution

What are types of alerts

Druva generates alerts for Enterprise Workloads with the following types of alerts:

CloudCache alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
VMware Instant Restore job failed The creation of an Instant Restore virtual machine fails. Critical Automatically after 7 days.
Instant Recovered VM Deletion failed The deletion of an instantly restored virtual machine fails. Warning Automatically after 7 days.
VMware Instant Restore Migrate to Production job failed The migration to production of an instantly restored virtual machine fails. Critical Automatically after 7 days.

CloudCache storage space low

The CloudCache utilization exceeds 80% but is less than 100%.

Warning

CloudCache storage utilization falls below 80%.

CloudCache Storage Space Full

The CloudCache utilization exceeds 100%.

Critical

CloudCache storage utilization falls below 100%.

CloudCache not reachable for server

A server cannot connect to CloudCache during backup or restore job. 

Warning

When the server connects to CloudCache in the subsequent backup or restore job.

CloudCache not reachable for cloud

The Cloud cannot connect to the CloudCache during the synchronization schedule. 

Warning

When the Cloud connects to the CloudCache in the current or the next synchronization schedule.

CloudCache decommission started

The user clicks Decommission Cache for the respective CloudCache.

Information

When the Decommission CloudCache activity completes for the respective CloudCache.

CloudCache decommission done

The decommission CloudCache activity for the respective CloudCache is completed.

Information

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

CloudCache volume: <volume> is not mounted

The CloudCache volume is not mounted properly.

Critical

When the CloudCache can successfully read or write data to the volume during the backup, restore, or the synchronization schedule.

CloudCache unable to read/write for backup/restore on volume

The CloudCache cannot read or write data to the volume during the backup, restore, or the synchronization schedule.

Warning

When the CloudCache can successfully read or write data to the volume during the backup, restore, or the synchronization schedule.

CloudCache having low data flush rate to cloud

The data upload rate from the CloudCache to the Cloud is significantly low.

Warning

When the data upload rate is sufficient enough to upload the unsynchronized data to the Cloud.

Note: If you modify the synchronization schedule, this alert is not generated for the next 7 days.

License alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
License about to expire The license is about to expire in 30 days. Warning Auto-resolved when the license is renewed
License expired The license has expired. Critical Auto-resolved when the license is renewed

Jobs alerts

Notes

  • The Jobs alerts will  be automatically removed from the Alerts list after 7 days.
  • Only alerts for Hybrid Workloads will be displayed. Alerts for AWS and Azure will be integrated at a later stage.
Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
VMware
Install VMware Tools for Sandbox Recovery VMware Tools is not installed. Critical VMware Tools need to be installed within 30 hours for the scan to proceed.

Proxy deployment failed

Backup proxy deployment fails.

Warning

The related error is fixed.

All Workloads

Backup failed

The backup job fails.

Critical

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Backup window expired

Druva does not back up the entire data set within the specified duration and does not create a recovery point. 

Warning

Not resolved. 

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Backup skipped The backup job is skipped as the scheduled backup window expired. The client was busy processing another job. Warning Automatically after 7 days
 
Note: This alert is available only for File Servers and VMware.

Backup successful with errors

The backup is successful but with errors.

Warning

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Backup triggered failed as device is disconnected Backup is not triggered as the device is disconnected for more than 7 days.
Alert will be resolved automatically when the device reconnects. You must check if the agent or proxy is running and fix any connection or hardware issue.
Warning Automatically after the device reconnects.

Restore failed

The restore fails.

Critical

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

NAS
Backup trigger failed as NAS proxy is disconnected Backup is not triggered as the NAS proxy is disconnected for more than 7 days.
Alert will be resolved automatically when the proxy reconnects. You must check if the agent or proxy is running and fix any connection or hardware issue.
Warning Automatically after the proxy reconnects
Oracle DTC
Some of the configured nodes not used in the backup The configured nodes are not used in the backup because they are not in the Open state. Information Automatically after 7 days.
Instances went down for database The specified instance goes down during the backup. Warning Automatically after 7 days

Incarnation has changed. Incremental backup job converted to full.

The incarnation of the database, which is being backed up changes.

Information

Auto-resolved in 7days.

Archive log chain is broken. Converting Incremental backup to full.

The archived log sequences are missing after the last backup.

Information

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Disaster Recovery

DR restore failed

The triggered disaster recovery job fails.

Critical

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Failover job failed The failover job fails for a DR plan. Critical Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Failover job completed successfully

The failover job for a DR plan completes successfully.

Information

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Failover job successful with error The failover job for a DR plan completes successfully with error. Warning Auto-resolved in 7 days.
DR failback successful The failback job for a virtual machine completes successfully. Information Auto-resolved in 7 days.
Failback job completed successfully with error The failback job for a virtual machine completes successfully with an error. Warning Auto-resolved in 7 days.
DR failback failed The failback job for a virtual machine failed. Critical Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Failover operation failed

The failover job fails for a DR plan.

Critical

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Failover time window expired The failover job fails for a DR plan. Critical Auto-resolved in 7 days.
File server

Folder(s) misconfigured for backup

The backup job is triggered and the folder specified during the backup is missing.

Note: This alert will be generated for Hybrid Workloads agents 4.6.5 and later. For earlier Hybrid Workloads agent versions, emails will be sent only to the respective administrators and non-administrator; however, alert will not be created.

Warning

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Pre-script execution failed

The pre-backup script execution fails.

Information

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Post-script execution failed

The post-backup script execution fails.

Information

Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Logs

Upload logs success

The user clicks Request Job Logs on the Job Details page and Druva successfully uploads logs to the server.

Information

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Upload logs failed

The user clicks Request Job Logs on the Job Details page and the logs fail to get upload on the server.

Warning

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Oracle PBS
Backup mount is disabled A backup job fails for a disabled backup mount. A backup mount is disabled if the Phoenix Backup Store is unable to upload recovery points to the Cloud for a while. Critical The backup mount is enabled

Upgrade alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when

Upgrade to version<x.x::revision number> failed

The upgrade fails.

Warning

Not resolved.

Note: This alert is valid for 7 days.

Configuration alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
NAS
Failed to create changelist Isilon backup job fails while creating an Isilon changelist.  Critical Automatically after 7 days
User validation failure while backing up an Isilon NAS device User validation fails during backup. Critical Automatically after 7 days
Failed to create recovery point using vendor APIs Isilon backup job fails while creating an Isilon recovery point.  Critical Automatically after 7 days
VMware

Configuration rule invalid

  • The selected vCenter object is invalid (the vCenter folder in the rule is renamed, moved, or deleted.)
  • Druva removes the administrative group in the rule.
  • Druva deletes the backup policy.
  • Druva deletes the backup proxy pool in the rule. 
  • Storage does not exist

Warning

Resolved when,

  • A valid vCenter object replaces an invalid vCenter object.
  • Druva assigns a valid administrative group.
  • Druva assigns a valid backup proxy pool.
  • Druva assigns a valid backup policy.
  • Druva assigns storage to the rule.
VM could not be auto-configured since more than one auto-configuration rule is applicable When a virtual machine is part of more than one auto configuration rule, the virtual machine is not configured. Warning Admin has to manually resolve the conflict and apply the rule. For more information, see Conflicting VM scenarios.
Auto discovery cron job failed Druva cannot auto-discover  SQL instances or availability group on the server due to the failure of the cron job. Warning Resolved when the auto-discovery succeeds on the node.
Different client versions for AG Nodes Druva discovers the different client versions of the nodes hosting the availability group. Warning Resolved when the client version of the nodes hosting the availability group is upgraded to the same version.
Some of the backup proxies in the pool are of older version.App aware processing will not function for the virtual machines in the pool. Druva requires all backup proxies in a backup proxy pool to support application-aware processing. Warning Druva backs up the virtual machines without running application-aware backups. This alert is resolved when all the backup proxies are upgraded to the latest version.
Change in source network detected for the VM.New network mappings applicable for this VM The target VPC and subnet needs to be changed due to new network mappings detected for the virtual machine. Warning Auto-resolved in 7 days.

Backup Proxy has been in Disconnected State for more than 15 minutes

The VMware backup proxy has been disconnected from the Cloud or VMware vCenter for more than 15 minutes.

Druva checks the connection status between the VMware backup proxy, Cloud, and vCenter every 15 minutes and sends out the notification once.

Warning

Resolved when the VMware Backup Proxy establishes a connection with Cloud and VMware vCenter again. For resolving proxy disconnection issues, see article.

Oracle DTC

Auto discovery failed for the server

The auto discovery job fails and databases on the server are not discovered.

Warning

When the discovery is done successfully for the Oracle Server.

Data Lock

Data Lock enabled

 

The Data Lock is enabled.

 

Warning

Automatically after 7 days.  

Note: If the same alert is raised on the same target, the previous alert will be resolved automatically.

Data Lock content updated

There are modifications to the backup set content.

Warning

Automatically after 7 days.

Seeding alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
Seeding device has reached 80% capacity The 80% storage capacity of the seeding device is consumed. Warning Druva generates an 80% storage consumption alert or triggers a request to ship the device to AWS.
Seeding device has reached 100% capacity The 100% storage capacity of the seeding device is consumed. Warning Druva triggers a request to ship the device to AWS.

Oracle alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when

Phoenix Backup Store has reached 90% capacity

The storage capacity on the Phoenix Backup Store is critically low. If the storage is not enough on the Phoenix Backup Store to store data, RMAN backups can fail.

Critical

Auto resolved when enough storage is available on the Phoenix Backup Store. 

Phoenix Backup Store has reached 80% capacity

The storage capacity on the Phoenix Backup Store is low. If the storage is not enough on the Phoenix Backup Store to store data, RMAN backups can fail.

Warning

Auto resolved when enough storage is available on the Phoenix Backup Store. 

Billing alerts

Alerts Created when Severity Resolved when
Credits: When the Send Alerts Only option is selected in the Manage Credit Limits dialog 
  • Credit usage of Organization reached 110% of its limit
  • Credit usage of Organization reached 100% of its limit
  • An organization consumes an additional 10% credits beyond the configured credit limit.
  • An organization consumes all configured credits.

 

Critical

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 110% of the consumption limit.
  • Resolved when the credit usage drops below 100% of the consumption limit.
  • Credit usage of Organization reached 90% of its limit
  • Credit usage of Organization reached 80% of its limit
  • An organization consumes 90% of the configured credit limit.
  • An organization consumes 80% of the configured credit limit.

Warning

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 90% of the consumption limit.
  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 80% of the consumption limit.
Credits: When the Disable Backups option is selected in the Manage Credit Limits dialog 
  • Credit usage of Organization reached 110% of its limit

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 100% of its limit

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 90% of its limit

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 80% of its limit

  • An organization consumes an additional 10% credits beyond the configured credit limit.

  • An organization consumes 100% of the configured credit limit.

  • An organization consumes 90% of the configured credit limit.

  • An organization consumes 80% of the configured credit limit.

 

Critical

  • Resolved when the credit usage drops below 110% of the consumption limit.

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 100% of the consumption limit.

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 90% of the consumption limit.

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 80% of the consumption limit.

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 90% of its limit 

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 80% of its limit

  • Credit usage of Organization reached 70% of its limit

  • An organization consumes 90% of the configured credit limit.

  • An organization consumes 80% of the configured credit limit.

  • An organization consumes 70% of the configured credit limit.

 

Warning

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 90% of the consumption limit.

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 80% of the consumption limit.

  • Resolved when the credit usage is decreased below 70% of the consumption limit.

Backups are now enabled Backups are now enabled for organizations. Information Automatically after 7 days.

 

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