Memory usage alarms with VMDirectPath I/O pass through devices

[NKY5X]

Is there any way to disable the alarms/warnings generated by VMs that have VMDirectPath I/O pass through enabled because you have to reserve 100% of the guest memory? For example if I pass through a HBA and allocate 40Gb of RAM to the VM with 100% memory reservation the VM shows that 40 GB of memory is active and red. This generates alarms in vCentre and vOPS. I know that this is how the VM is supposed to run so it's ok.

Thanks

[IT_pilot]

You can edit alarm settings

View and Edit Alarm Settings

[NKY5X]

Thanks for your reply. I can edit the alarms set points or delete them at the vcenter server level but not at the individual VM level. I'm using ESXi 6.5 and vCenter 6.5. Is there away to just edit the alarms for one VM?

Thanks

[IT_pilot · Accepted solution]

yes, there is a trick to do this

Exempt / Override a VM from an alarm definition

[NKY5X]

Thanks. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Kind Regards,

Simon