On the top navigation bar, click resources, then click the resources tab.
On the Resources Overview page, select the resource, then click alert settings.
Usage alert settings for a resource
The Alert Settings page displays the usage alert settings for a particular resource. The information displayed on this page includes:
service component: A component of the service installed on the resource that can be provisioned to organizations and resellers. It consists of one or more resource types.
resource Type: A specific type of resource required by the service component. Bandwidth, number of mailboxes, and disk space are some of the resource types. Each resource type has a warning level for usage and frequency at which the usage alert emails are sent to the owner of the resource.
warning level (%): The usage limit of a resource type in percentage at which warning messages are sent. When any resource type's usage reaches this percentage, email alerts are sent to the owner of the resource whose email address is specified on the General Preferences page. This makes it possible to take action before resource types are exhausted.
If you have dedicated the resource to a reseller, only then that reseller can specify separate usage alert settings for the resource and receive email alerts on exceeding the warning levels. This allows the reseller to monitor the usage of the resource for his sub-resellers and organizations. In case of a dedicated resource, the usage alert emails are also sent to that reseller's email address specified on his General Preferences page.
The default value for the warning level for all resource types is 80%. You can change this value according to your requirements. Valid input in this text box include whole numbers ranging from 0 to 100.
frequency: The frequency with which the usage alert emails are sent to the owner of the resource. These alert emails are sent, when any resource type's usage reaches its warning level specified on this page. Frequency of the usage alerts can be set to either daily, weekly, monthly, or never. If the frequency is set to never, then the usage alert emails for that resource type are never sent to the owner of that resource.
After changing the warning level or frequency of any resource type using this page, ensure that you click Save.
The usage alert emails that are sent to the owner of the resource use the Usage Alerts email template. You can even change the content of this template as per your requirements. For more information on email templates, refer to the Email settings help topic.
How to go to the Alert Settings page