With vCenter, there is an option to run PowerCLI scripts triggered by vCenter alarms as described below.
http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2009/09/how-to-run-powercli-scripts-from-vcenter-alarms.html
Has anyone been successful achieving the same via VCSA?
Testing simple script like "/bin/touch /tmp/test" when alarm is triggered does not create testfile in VCSA /tmp directory...
