Hi
I have set a Custom Dashboard for one of my app teams to monitor disk space on their servers
In particular the /opt partition on Unix servers
The dashboard works fine - but i cannot seem to find out where we can define email alerts to be generated for any "non green" server
If you take a look at the attached
What we need is for the Yellow / Orange and Red servers (The ones where used guest file system % used is over 70%) is for Vcops to send an email alert to the app team.
Can someone point me in the right direction where i can define the email alerts for guest file systems ?
Hi Vishal,
First you have setup your system to generate alerts when used guest file system % used is over 70%. Then you have to Configure Alert Notifications for you alerts.
Configure alert handler instances to send alert notifications as email messages. Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. Add Alert Handler Instance To send alert notifications to users in email messages, you must create an alert handler that
sends alert notifications to an email filter.
Here is a info from "VMware vCenter Operations Manager
Administration Guide"
Procedure
1 Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
2 Add or edit an email alert handler instance.
Option Action
Add an email alert handler instance a Click the Add Alert Handler icon.
b Select Email from the Outbound Alert Type drop-down menu.
c Type a name for the alert handler instance in the Instance Name text box.
Edit an email alert handler instance Select the alert handler instance and click the Edit Alert Handler icon. You
cannot change the outbound alert type.
3 Configure or modify the email alert handler settings.
Option Description
SMTP_HOST Type the IP address of the SMTP server. The SMTP server delivers email
messages to the recipients of the alert notifications.
SMTP_PORT Type the SMTP port number. The default value is 25.
4 Click Test to test the filter.
vCenter Operations Manager verifies that the SMTP host and port you specified are valid and checks the
syntax and data of the emailFilter.xml file.
5 Click OK to save your configuration.
vCenter Operations Manager starts the alert handler instance.
Configuring Email Alert Notifications
Configuring email alert notifications involves adding filtering rules, defining email templates, and configuring
email alert notification settings.
A filtering rule is a set of conditions and email addresses. The vCenter Operations Manager email plug-in uses
filtering rules to send email alert notifications to the proper users based on the affected application, resource
kind, alert level, and other criteria.
An email template definition specifies which email template file to use for a given alert type, subtype, and
status. An email template file defines the body text of an email alert notification.
vCenter Operations Manager provides several default email template files. You can also create your own
custom email template files. In general, you use the default email template files for most notifications and
create custom email template files for users that require different information in their notifications. You can
create custom email template files before or after you configure email template definitions.
You typically have more email template file definitions than email template files. Most email template
definitions point to the same email template file, even though they are for different combinations of alert types
and recipients.
emailFilter.xml File
emailFilter.xml is an XML file that defines the filtering rules and template files to use for email alert
notifications. The file also contains general settings that apply to all email alert notifications.
IMPORTANT Do not edit emailFilter.xml directly unless you are familiar with XML structure and syntax. A
formatting mistake might prevent email alert notifications from working. If you edit emailFilter.xml directly,
make a backup copy of the file before you change it.
After you edit the emailFilter.xml file, you must restart the email filter plug-in instance in
vCenter Operations Manager to make your changes take effect
Hi Vishal,
First you have setup your system to generate alerts when used guest file system % used is over 70%. Then you have to Configure Alert Notifications for you alerts.
Configure alert handler instances to send alert notifications as email messages. Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert. Add Alert Handler Instance To send alert notifications to users in email messages, you must create an alert handler that
sends alert notifications to an email filter.
Here is a info from "VMware vCenter Operations Manager
Administration Guide"
Procedure
1 Select Admin > Configure Outbound Alert.
2 Add or edit an email alert handler instance.
Option Action
Add an email alert handler instance a Click the Add Alert Handler icon.
b Select Email from the Outbound Alert Type drop-down menu.
c Type a name for the alert handler instance in the Instance Name text box.
Edit an email alert handler instance Select the alert handler instance and click the Edit Alert Handler icon. You
cannot change the outbound alert type.
3 Configure or modify the email alert handler settings.
Option Description
SMTP_HOST Type the IP address of the SMTP server. The SMTP server delivers email
messages to the recipients of the alert notifications.
SMTP_PORT Type the SMTP port number. The default value is 25.
4 Click Test to test the filter.
vCenter Operations Manager verifies that the SMTP host and port you specified are valid and checks the
syntax and data of the emailFilter.xml file.
5 Click OK to save your configuration.
vCenter Operations Manager starts the alert handler instance.
Configuring Email Alert Notifications
Configuring email alert notifications involves adding filtering rules, defining email templates, and configuring
email alert notification settings.
A filtering rule is a set of conditions and email addresses. The vCenter Operations Manager email plug-in uses
filtering rules to send email alert notifications to the proper users based on the affected application, resource
kind, alert level, and other criteria.
An email template definition specifies which email template file to use for a given alert type, subtype, and
status. An email template file defines the body text of an email alert notification.
vCenter Operations Manager provides several default email template files. You can also create your own
custom email template files. In general, you use the default email template files for most notifications and
create custom email template files for users that require different information in their notifications. You can
create custom email template files before or after you configure email template definitions.
You typically have more email template file definitions than email template files. Most email template
definitions point to the same email template file, even though they are for different combinations of alert types
and recipients.
emailFilter.xml File
emailFilter.xml is an XML file that defines the filtering rules and template files to use for email alert
notifications. The file also contains general settings that apply to all email alert notifications.
IMPORTANT Do not edit emailFilter.xml directly unless you are familiar with XML structure and syntax. A
formatting mistake might prevent email alert notifications from working. If you edit emailFilter.xml directly,
make a backup copy of the file before you change it.
After you edit the emailFilter.xml file, you must restart the email filter plug-in instance in
vCenter Operations Manager to make your changes take effect