Specifying Other Notification Settings

You can configure Veeam Backup & Replication to automatically notify you about the following events:

• Low disk space
• Support contract expiration
• New product versions, available updates and patches

Low Disk Space Notification

When you run a job, Veeam Backup & Replication checks disk space in the target backup repository and production storage. If the disk space is less than a specific value, Veeam Backup & Replication will display a warning message in the job session details.

To specify the disk space threshold:

1. From the main menu, select Options.
2. Click the Notifications tab.
3. In the Backup storage and Production datastores sections, select the Warn me when free disk space is below <N> % options and specify a desired disk space threshold.
4. In the Production datastores section, select the Skip VMs when free disk is below <N> % option and specify a desired disk space threshold. When the threshold is reached, Veeam Backup & Replication will terminate backup and replication jobs working with production volumes before volume snapshots/VM checkpoints are taken. Such behaviour helps ensure that production volumes do not run out of space.

Veeam Backup & Replication also terminates jobs if the amount of free space on the volume is less than 2 GB. You can change this threshold limit with registry values. For more information, see this Veeam KB article.

Support Contract Expiration Notification

By default, Veeam Backup & Replication informs email recipients specified in global notification settings about the support expiration date in every email notification. Veeam Backup & Replication starts sending such notifications 14 days before the expiration date. Expiration information is also shown on the splash screen and on the License Information window (to display the License Information window, select Help > License from the main menu).

To stop receiving notifications about support contract expiration:

1. From the main menu, select Options.
2. Click the Notifications tab.
3. Clear the Enable notifications about support contract expiration check box.

New Product Versions and Hypervisor Update Notification

Veeam Backup & Replication automatically checks and notifies you about new product versions and updates available on the Veeam website and released hypervisor updates. To receive the notifications, make sure that the backup server is connected to the internet. Otherwise, you will not receive the notifications about updates. For more information on notifications, see Update Notification.

To disable the notifications:

1. From the main menu, select Options.
2. Click the Notifications tab.
3. Clear the Check for product and hypervisor updates periodically check box.