Recently I came across some issues with backups using Symantec Backup Exec, now personally I have a dislike against backup exec purely because of the issues it brings generic errors and implementing it is just a lost cause. So I un-installed it from said server and used Windows Server Backup, however there was no way to confirm that the backup was working correctly all the time unless I dialled into the server and checked WSB (WSB is available on Server 2008R2 for free).
So I scoured the internet for ideas and came across event triggering email, which simply puts emails you after an event occurs in the windows event logs please see John Howards post for more details.
Please note this is simply referencing a “how to” I will be stating all the events and how I went about completing this task in Part 2.