Users Guide

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Cartridge for VMware User Guide
Alarms Overview
The Alarms Overview is located at the top of the vmAlarms Dashboard.
Purpose
The Alarms Overview provides a quick and easy way for you to view vFoglight alarms
grouped by object and severity level. You can use this Overview to monitor alarms and
to identify the sources of problems within the virtual infrastructure. If you click any of
the alarm counts for a particular object, a popup displaying just the alarms for that
object appears.
Alarms List View
The Alarms List View takes up the majority of the vmAlarms Dashboard.
Purpose
Each alarm row in the Alarms List contains an object icon that identifies the source of
the alarm, an alarm icon that indicates the severity of the alarm, the time that the alarm
occurred, and the text of the alarm. The columns are sortable so that alarms can be listed
in order by source, severity, time or message. Simply click a column heading to sort the
table by that column.
If you click an alarm’s severity icon, a popup for acknowledging or clearing that alarm
is displayed. If you click the message or any other column in the row, a vmMonitor
Dashboard displaying information pertaining to the corresponding object appears.