Alarm definition icon question

[samwyse]

I'm taking the "VMware vSphere: Install, Manage, Configure" class for 5.0.  When I looked at the alarm definitions, I noticed that the "Unmanaged workload detected on SIOC-enabled datastore"alarm icon has a red X on it.  (See attached file.)  This was the only icon with a red X that I can find, and my instructor didn't know what it meant.  Anyone have an idea?  Thanks.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

There are a few scenarios described here which might be triggering the alert  - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1020651.  Given that it is a training environment, perhaps an unmanaged host has access to the LUN.

[samwyse]

Note that this is the alert definition, not an alarm that's being triggered.  I'm wondering if it means that the alert cannot be used in my environment, but that seems a bit far-fetched.

[Dave_Mishchenko · Accepted solution]

Check to see if the alarm is disabled (i.e. the Enable This Alarm option is unchecked).

[samwyse]

That was it.  I'll be letting my instructor know.    Thanks for the help.