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Customize Reservation Ready User Notification Email

The Reservation Manager can send email notifications to end users when the systems associated with a reservation are fully configured and ready for use. You can also specify whether the administrator or root passwords for reserved systems are sent in this email notification. The text of the email can display a custom message. For example, you can configure this message to indicate the credentials required to log in to the reserved systems.

To customize reservation ready user notification email

1. Log in to the Reservation Manager using the CA Server Automation administrator user credentials.

   The home page opens.

2. Click Administer Your Reservation Manager.

   The Administration page opens.

3. Click Manage your configuration settings.

   The Configure Settings page opens.

4. Click the following links in the Notifications area. Each one opens a dialog in which you can change the value and click OK.

   Reservation Ready Text

   Specifies text for the first paragraph in a reservation ready email to users. In addition to the text in this field, the email contains additional information about the reservation that you cannot modify. Enter the text on one line or on multiple lines if the last character is a backslash (\). The following escape sequences are supported: \t: tab, \n: line feed, \r: enter, \f: form feed.

   Default: Your reservation request has been fulfilled.

   Reservation Ready Text Contains Password

   Specifies whether to include in the email the password that accesses reserved systems.

   Default: true

   Note: When this option is set to true, the user name that is included in the email is the user name defined with the dpmutil –set –superuser command. This command allows only a single username per operating environment. Therefore, enable this option only if the environment is configured to use a common administrator user name. If a site is provisioning systems with different Windows administrator account names, we recommend that you disable this option. Use the Reservation Ready Text option to provide end users the site-specific instructions for accessing provisioned systems.

   The configuration change takes effect when the next reservation is made.