Specifications

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 Sendanotificationtrap
TheVirtualCenterServeristhedefaultSNMPnotificationreceiver.AnSNMPtrap
viewerisrequiredtoviewasenttrap.TheVirtualCenterServerhostmustbe
configuredtoreceiveSNMPtraps.See“PreparingforSNMPAlarmNotification”
onpage 316.
 Runascript
Theuserscriptcommandanditsargumentsmustbeformattedintoonestring.
TheuserscriptisrunningasseparateprocessanddoesnotblocktheVirtualCenter
Serverprocesses.Butthescriptdoesrunandconsumetheresourcesonthe
VirtualCenterServermachine,suchasprocessorandmemory.
 Suspendthevirtualmachine
 Poweroffthevirtualmachine
 Resetthevirtualmachine
Theactionsavailablewithalarmsaredescribedinthefollowingsections:
 “PreparingforEmailMessageSMTPAlarmNotification”onpage 315
 “PreparingforSNMPAlarmNotification”onpage 316
 “CreatingAlarms”onpage 317
 “EditingAlarms”onpage 322
 “RemovingAlarms”onpage 323
Preparing for Email Message SMTP Alarm Notification
IfyouwanttouseemailmessagestosendSMTPnotifications,youmust:
 DefinetheSMTPandemailmessageaddressinginformation.
 Specifytheemailmessageaddressforthoseintendedtoreceivethenotification
whenyoucreate thealarm.
To define the SMTP and email message addressing information
1FromtheVIClient,chooseAdministration>VirtualCenterManagementServer
Configuration.
2ClickMailinthenavigationlist.