we have default Alarms setup to send traps but lately we are seeing the traps sent are "Descriptions" rather than the alarm.xxx format. Is there a setting that we might have changed?
for example, Host Connectivity Failure alarm should an trap as "alarm.hostconnectivityalarm - Event:<description>". But lately, we are seeing the trap sent as "Host Connectivity Failure - Event:<description>". Our monitoring software is setup to use the alarm.xxx format to generate tickets. But lately, the different text is breaking the monitor software.
Any help greatly appreciated.
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thanks.
Was the VC upgraded before the change was noticed? If so, from which version to which version?
vCenter server version 5.0.0 build 913577
there was no upgrade or even a patch install. Actually the vCenter server is very recent install.
To open the Alarm Settings dialog, perform any one of these operations:
Alarm Settings – General tab
To create a new alarm:
Alarm Settings – Triggers tab
State triggers are set off as soon as a state threshold or condition is achieved. You cannot define condition lengths for state alarms.
Note: You cannot use a virtual machine's Total Size on Disk or VM Snapshot Size triggers in combination with any other triggers.
To add a new alarm trigger: