Amanda Work Group Administrations 7 Xx Instructions Manual

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 Testing notification templates and records by making calls to users 
and verifying that the expected notification takes place.
Using Amanda Administrator
If you are using Amanda as a voice server, you use Amanda Administrator 
to manage notification records.
Creating a Notification Record and a 
Notification Template
Your first notification record is created at the same time as your first 
notification template. Any time that you need a new template, you create it 
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The Notify window appears. The User Information section indicates 
what user you are creating the notification record for.
3. Select a disabled record from the Notification Records list box.
4. Click Modify/New…. 

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The Notify Template dialog box appears.
5. Type a title for the template in the Title text box.
Use a name that makes it easy to identify this template when you use it 
to create other notification records. Titles must be unique.
6. Select a type of notification from the Type drop-down list box.
Pickup NotifyIndicates that the user has picked up (listened to) all 
the new messages. It usually turns off a message light.
Normal NotifyIndicates that the user has new messages....

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cation records handle both urgent and non-urgent mes-
sages—unless you define an urgent notification 
record.)
Relay PagePages the user and relays a telephone number that has 
been input by the caller. 
If a caller presses the # sign while listening to the 
mailbox’s greeting, Amanda asks for a telephone 
number and saves it in the %R token. To relay the 
number, the %R or P(R) token must appear in the 
Method field of the notification record.
Disk LowIndicates...

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8. Indicate what days the notification record can be executed. Do one of 
the following:
a. Check each day in the Days group box.
b. From the Execute Every group box, select Day (every day), 
Weekday, Weekend, or Mon-Sat.
9. Indicate the time of day the notification record can be executed. Do one 
of the following:
a. Fill the From and To text boxes in the Time group boxes and in-
dicate 
A.M. or P.M. by clearing or selecting the PM check box.
b. Use the time scale at the...

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11. Click New.
The Notify window reappears.
12. If you used %V in the Method field, type a pager number, telephone 
number, or other variable (whichever is appropriate) in the Variable text 
box.
13. Select the Enable check box to start using the new record.
14. On the Mailbox menu, click Save… to save this new record for the cur-
rent mailbox.
Creating a Notification Record from an Existing 
Template
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4. Select a template on which to base the record by selecting the title for 
that template from the Template Title drop-down list box.
5. Type the new contents for the Variable field (if the Method field con-
tains the %V token).
To see the Method field:
a. Click View Template….
b. Click Cancel to return to the Notify window.
6. Select the Enable check box to make the record active.
7. On the Mailbox menu, click Save…
The Save Changes dialog box appears.
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record is disabled, the template’s title follows the word “disabled.” As 
you select the record, the template’s title appears in the Template Title 
list box as well.)
4. Click Modify/New….
5. Change the appropriate fields (see the explanation below).
From the Notification template you can edit the following:
TitleType a title for the template in the Title text box.
Use a name that makes it easy to identify this template 
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6. Select Modify to save your changes to the template you are editing.
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AUTION:Selecting Modify replaces the existing template and 
automatically changes the notification record for all 
the mailboxes currently using that template.
TimeDefine the time range for notification to occur by doing 
one of the following:
 Type the starting and ending times in the Time text 
boxes.
 Drag either part of the pointer up or down the scale 
to select the starting and ending times.
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Disabling a Notification Record
You can disable a notification record temporarily or permanently. For 
example, if a user takes a leave of absence or a vacation, you can disable all 
his notification records. Amanda keeps the original information so you can 
reactivate the record later.
To disable a notification record:
1. From the Mailbox window, select the mailbox whose record is to be 
disabled. 
2. Do one of the following:
 Click Notify   on the toolbar.
 On...