Custom alarm definition ==> Automatically change to green status?

[bramvermeulen]

Greetings,

I've defined a couple of custom alarms to notify me of certain actions (like opening a console to a VM), which works. However the alarm also changes the "status" of the machine to "alert" until I manually reset the alarm to green or "normal". Is it possible to run a command that sets the VM back to normal or even better, not change the status of the VM to "alert" when an alarm gets triggered?

I know it seems logical that the latter isn't possible but you never know.

Thanks in advance,

Bram

[Troy_Clavell]

maybe this thread, http://communities.vmware.com/thread/233087 , will be of some use

[AWo · Accepted solution]

If it is an alarm representing a status it should change automatically as soon as the alarm status is gone. But if is is an alarm representing an event, why should it go away automatically? By confirming the alarm you show that you have recognized it.

Opening a console is an event, not a status. Try to set the status not to alarm but to normal, vCenter should show nothing then but maybe you get an action triggered (if you have definded one).

If you keep it as an alarm or warning you have to confirm it.

AWo

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[bramvermeulen]

Thanks alot, the first answer fixes the problem but the second prevents it, so both are correct answers.

I feel kind of stupid not thinking about just setting the status of the alarm to normal. :smileygrin: