Configuring SMTP email notification

Last published : Jun 11, 2026
You can choose to configure VCS to send event notifications to SMTP email services. You need to provide the SMTP server name and email addresses of people to be notified. Note that you can also configure the notification after installation.
Refer to the Cluster Server Administrator's Guide for more information.
To configure SMTP email notification
  1. Review the required information to configure the SMTP email notification.
  2. Specify whether you want to configure the SMTP notification.
If you do not want to configure the SMTP notification, you can skip to the next configuration option.
  1. Provide information to configure SMTP notification.
Provide the following information:
  • Enter the SMTP server's host name.
    Enter the domain-based hostname of the SMTP server
    (example: smtp.yourcompany.com): [b,q,?] smtp.example.com
    -  Enter the email address of each recipient.
    Enter the full email address of the SMTP recipient
    (example: user@yourcompany.com): [b,q,?] ozzie@example.com
  • Enter the minimum security level of messages to be sent to each recipient. Enter the minimum severity of events for which mail should be sent to ozzie@example.com : w

    1.  Add more SMTP recipients, if necessary.

        -  If you want to add another SMTP recipient, enter ``y`` and provide the required information at the prompt.

    ```txt
    Would you like to add another SMTP recipient? [y,n,q,b] (n) y

    Enter the full email address of the SMTP recipient
    (example: user@yourcompany.com): [b,q,?] harriet@example.com

    Enter the minimum severity of events for which mail should be
    sent to harriet@example.com  [I=Information, W=Warning,
    E=Error, S=SevereError]: [b,q,?] E
  • If you do not want to add, answer n. Would you like to add another SMTP recipient? (n)

    1.  Verify and confirm the SMTP notification information.

    ```txt
    SMTP Address: smtp.example.com
    Recipient: ozzie@example.com receives email for Warning or
    higher events
    Recipient: harriet@example.com receives email for Error or
    higher events

    Is this information correct? [y,n,q] (y)
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