Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Configuring MailHome

1. In the NetWorker Management Console (NMC) click Server, and then select Usage Analytics.
2. In the Usage Analytics area, select the Telemetry option as MailHome to configure MailHome (default selection).
   If you select the Telemetry option as ESRS, then reports are sent using ESRS.

   

3. Clear Enable alerts to remove all the alerts pertaining to Usage Analytics. This option is enabled by default.
4. In the MailHome Identity area, type information for the fields in the following table.

   Table 1. MailHome fields and descriptions

   Field	Description
   Name	Identifier for the MailHome resource. This field is populated by NetWorker.
   Mail program	The mail program for MailHome. The default for: Windows—smtpmail -h <mail_server> Linux—/bin/mail For Linux NetWorker server, perform the following one time configuration. Run the postfix stop command to stop the postfix service. Open /etc/postfix/main.cf using vi/vim editor. Search for relayhost attribute value, if already available modify, relayhost = <Mail Server>. For example, <Mail Server> = <Customer-Mail-Server Name with FQDN> Run the postfix command. NOTE:Ensure that you provide the correct mail server hostname.
   Sender email address	The email address of the sender for MailHome.
   Email address	Email address to which the reports are sent. The default value is NetWorkerProfile@dell.com and it is non-editable.
   Additional email recipients	The list of additional email addresses to receive reports from MailHome. In case of multiple values, use space as a separator.

5. (Optional) In the Configuration area you can change the defaults.

   Field	Description
   Send now	To send the database immediately select the checkbox. Once the database is sent, NetWorker by default clears the checkbox. Review daemon.raw for errors: On Windows—Reports are in the <NW_installlocation>\nsr\applogs\rh folder. On UNIX—Reports are in the /nsr/applogs/rh folder.
   Frequency in weeks	Select the frequency in weeks that the local database is sent. The default frequency is set to 2.
   Day of the week	Select the day of the week that the local database is sent. The default day is set to Monday.
   Hours	Select the hour of the day that the local database is sent. The default hour is set to 8 for 8am.
   Exclude attributes	To prevent nsrdump from reporting certain attributes through MailHome, type the list of comma-separated attributes. Excluded attribute names apply to all resources across the database. The default attributes are hostname, datazone pass phrase, password, and user id.
   Exclude resources	To prevent nsrdump from reporting certain resources through MailHome, type the list of comma-separated resources. The default excluded resource is set to NSR lockbox.

6. Once the details are updated, click OK. Infrastructure Telemetry Notice banner is populated and on accepting, MailHome changes are honored.
   If you want to cancel the changes that you entered click Reset.