how to configure vCenter Server with an external smtp server?

[Sreejesh_D]

Is it possible to configure vCentere Server with an external smtp server?

In our environment we need to configure vCenter server to send email alerts when the alarms are triggered. we are using google apps server (smtp.gmail.com) as our official e-mail server.

can i know the steps to do the same?

[idle-jam · Accepted solution]

you will need to authenticate for external mail. here is one of the tutorial. http://paulgrevink.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/configuring-vcenter-for-email-with-smtp-authentication/