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Setting Up Alerts

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This article refers to Barracuda Message Archiver Legacy Release firmware or higher.

SNMP Alerts

The Barracuda Message Archiver offers the ability to monitor various settings via SNMP including:

  • Traffic and policy statistics, such as:
    • Amount of overall traffic;
    • Number of messages that triggered a particular policy category;
    • Number of messages currently in the indexing queue;
    • Energize Updates Subscription status.
  • Performance statistics, including CPU temperature and system load.

Additionally, the Barracuda Message Archiver monitors disk usage via SNMP.

Emailed System Alerts

Use the BASIC > Administration page to configure the Barracuda Message Archiver to automatically email notifications to specified addresses; use a comma to separate multiple addresses.

System alerts notify you when:

  • Your Energize Updates subscription is about to expire
  • Possible backup, synchronization, Journal account, or other connectivity failures
  • Your system is low on disk space

SNMP Manager

You can use the SNMP Manager to query system information.

Set Up SNMP Agent

When setting up the SNMP manager, you are required to set two passwords, one for authentication and one for encryption.

Use the following steps to set up SNMP Manager:

  1. Log into the Barracuda Message Archiver web interface, and go to the BASIC > Administration page.
  2. In the SNMP Manager section, set Enable SNMP Agent to Yes. This setting allows the Barracuda Message Archiver to accept and respond to SNMP queries.
  3. Enter the SNMP username for the appliance's agent in the User field, and the associated SNMP authentication password in the Authentication Password field.
  4. Select the Authentication Method as SHA or MD5; Select SHA as this is a more secure authentication mode.
  5. Enter an SNMP privacy password in the Privacy Password field; Barracuda Networks strongly recommends this to be different from the Authentication Password.
  6. Select the Encryption Method as AES or DES; Select AES as this is a more secure encryption method.
  7. Click Save at the top of the page to save your settings.
Set SNMP Notifications

You can set up SNMP notifications to one or more servers. You are required to set both an authentication and an encryption password for each configured server.

Use the following steps to set up SNMP notifications:

  1. Log in to the Barracuda Message Archiver web interface, and go to the BASIC > Administration page.
  2. In the SNMP Notifications section, set Enable SNMP Notifications to Yes.
  3. In the Server field, enter the server IP address or hostname, and enter the Port number.
  4. Enter the SNMP username for the appliance's agent in the User field, and the associated SNMP authentication password in the Authentication Password field.
  5. Select the Authentication and Encryption methods.
  6. Enter the SNMP privacy password in the Privacy Password field.
  7. Click Add
  8. Repeat steps 3 through 7 to add additional servers.
  9. Click Save at the top of the page to save your settings.
Import MIB and REF Files

Once you set up the SNMP Manager, import the following MIB and REF files to your SNMP monitor (note that these files are standard across all Barracuda Networks products):

  • The Barracuda Message Archiver MIB
  • The Barracuda Reference MIB (standard across all Barracuda Networks products)

You can monitor objects included in these MIB and REF files either from custom scripts or from your SNMP monitor. The MIB files are located on the Barracuda Message Archiver and can be obtained by replacing MGMTIP in the following links with the management IP address of your Barracuda Message Archiver:

  • http://MGMTIP:8000/Barracuda-BMA-MIB.txt
  • http://MGMTIP:8000/Barracuda-REF-MIB.txt
  • http://MGMTIP:8000/Barracuda-SMI.txt

Objects

When you open the Barracuda Message Archiver MIBs, you can see the objects provided by the system, as listed in Table 1.

Table 1. Objects.

Object Name Description OID
inboundEmailsHour The number of inbound e-mails during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.1
inboundEmailsDay The number of inbound e-mails during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.2
inboundEmailsTotal The number of inbound e-mails since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.3
internalEmailsHour The number of internal e-mails during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.4
internalEmailsDay The number of internal e-mails during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.5
internalEmailsTotal The number of internal e-mails since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.6
outboundEmailsHour The number of outbound e-mails during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.7
outboundEmailsDay The number of outbound e-mails during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.8
outboundEmailsTotal The number of outbound e-mails since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.9
appointmentsHour The number of appointments created or modified during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.10
appointmentsDay The number of appointments created or modified during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.11
appointmentsTotal The number of appointments created or modified since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.12
contactsHour The number of contacts created or modified during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.13
contactsDay The number of contacts created or modified during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.14
contactsTotal The number of contacts created or modified since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.15
distributionListHour The number of distribution lists created or modified during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.16
distributionListDay The number of distribution lists created or modified during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.17
distributionListTotal The number of distribution lists created or modified since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.18
notesHour The number of notes created or modified during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.19
notesDay The number of notes created or modified during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.20
notesTotal The number of notes created or modified since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.21
tasksHour The number of tasks created or modified during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.22
tasksDay The number of tasks created or modified during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.23
tasksTotal The number of tasks created or modified since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.24
messagesHour The number of messages logged during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.25
messagesDay The number of messages logged during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.26
messagesTotal The number of messages logged since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.5.27
systemLoad The estimate of CPU and disk load on the system. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.1
cpu1FanSpeed CPU 1 fan speed in rotations per minute (RPM). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.2.1
cpu2FanSpeed CPU 2 fan speed in rotations per minute (RPM). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.2.2
systemTemperature1 System temperature 1 in degrees Celsius. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.3.1
cpu1Temperature Temperature of CPU 1 in degrees Celsius. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.4.1
cpu2Temperature Temperature of CPU 2 in degrees Celsius. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.4.2
firmwareStorage The total storage space occupied by the firmware. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.5
mailLogStorage The total storage space occupied by mail and logs. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.6
indexQueueLength The number of messages remaining in the index queue. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.8
lastMessageArchived The date and time that the last message was archived (in GMT). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.9
messagesDeduplicated The number of messages that have been dedpulicated. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.10
storageSaved The amount of storage saved by dedpulication (in bytes). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.11
cloudControlStatus The status of Cloud Control. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.6.12
personalInfoHour The number of messages found to contain personally identifiable information during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.1
personalInfoDay The number of messages found to contain personally identifiable information during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.2
personalInfoTotal The number of messages found to contain personally identifiable information since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.3
foulLanguageHour The number of messages found to contain foul language during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.4
foulLanguageDay The number of messages found to contain foul language during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.5
foulLanguageTotal The number of messages found to contain foul language since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.6
personalEmailHour The number of messages sent to and from non-business sites during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.7
personalEmailDay The number of messages sent to and from non-business sites during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.8
personalEmailTotal The number of messages sent to and from non-business sites since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.9
policyHour The number of messages that have triggered a policy during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.10
policyDay The number of messages that have triggered a policy during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.11
policyTotal The number of messages that have triggered a policy since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.7.12
effectiveHour The real combined size of all messages stored on the archiver during thecurrent hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.1
effectiveDay The real combined size of all messages stored on the archiver during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.2
effectiveTotal The real combined size of all messages stored on the archiver since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.3
onDiskSizeHour The actual amount of storage used on the archiver during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.4
onDiskSizeDay The actual amount of storage used on the archiver during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.5
onDiskSizeTotal The actual amount of storage used on the archiver since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.6
reductionHour The percentage of storage space saved by the compression mechanisms of the archiver during the current hour. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.7
reductionDay The percentage of storage space saved by the compression mechanisms of the archiver during the current calendar day (beginning at midnight). .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.8
reductionTotal The percentage of storage space saved by the compression mechanisms of the archiver since installation or since the last reset of statistics. .1.3.6.1.4.1.20632.6.8.9