Specifications

Basic System Administration
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3Foremailmessagenotification,settheSMTPserverandSMTPport: (S EE U PDATE )
 SMTPServer–TheDNSnameorIPaddressoftheSMTPgatewaytousefor
sendingemailmessages.
 SenderAccount–Theemailaddressofthesender,forexample,mail_server
datacenter.com.
4ClickOK.
Preparing for SNMP Alarm Notification
TouseSNMPtraps,youmustconfigure:
 TheVirtualCenterServerhost.
 TheSNMPreceiverservertoacceptthetrapsfromVirtualCenter.
Whenyoucreateanalarm,onlyonetrapistriggeredandsent.Thealarmparameters
include:
 Type–ThestateVirtualCenterismonitoringforthealarm.OptionsincludeHost
Processor(orCPU)usage,HostMemoryusage,HostState,VirtualMachine
Processor(orCPU)usage,VirtualMachineMemoryusage,VirtualMachineState,
VirtualMachineHeartbeat.
 Name–Thenameofthehostorvirtualmachinethattriggersthealarm.
 OldStatus–Thealarmstatusbeforethealarmwastriggered.
 NewStatus–Thealarmstatuswhenthealarmistriggered.
 ObjectValue–Theobjectvaluewhenthealarmistriggered.
To define the SNMP information
1FromtheVIClient,chooseAdministration>VirtualCenterManagementServer
Configuration.
2ClickSNMPinthenavigationlist.
3EntertheSNMPandmailaddressing,asappropriate:
ConfigureuptofourreceiversofSNMPtraps.Theymustbeconfiguredin
numericalorder,
1,2,3,and4.EachSNMPtraprequiresacorrespondinghost
name,portandcommunity.Forexample:
 ReceiverURL–TheDNSnameandIPaddressoftheSNMPreceiver.