How to do it...

The following steps will guide you through how to configure email notifications:

1. From the Start screen, select Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager. The DPM Administrator Console will load and the Monitoring task area will be highlighted.
2. Select the Management task area, click the Options icon on the Ribbon bar, and click the SMTP servers tab. Specify values for the SMTP server name, Port, and From email address. Click Send Test E-mail... and specify where you want to send the test email:

1. Click the Notifications tab. Select the types of alerts that you want to be notified about—that is, Critical, Warning, and Informational—and the email recipients. Use commas to separate individual email addresses and click OK.