User's Guide Alerts Define Alert Policies Enable or Disable an Alert Policy Enable or Disable an Alert Policy Choose to enable or disable an alert policy. Only enabled policies generate alerts. To ensure email recipients are notified of all alerts generated by a particular policy, you should add the recipients to the policy before enabling it. See Modify Email Recipients for an Alert Policy. You must have Administrator privileges. In the left navigation, expand Setup & Administration, then select Alerts Policies. Select the policy in the list, and then click Enable Alert Policy or Disable Alert Policy . If enabled, the corresponding tape library resources or events are immediately evaluated against the policy criteria, and alerts are generated. If disabled, alerts are no longer generated for the policy.