Specifications

Basic System Administration
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4IntheGeneraltab,specifyanameforthealarm,theobjecttobemonitored(host
orvirtualmachine),thetriggerpriority,andwhethertoenablethisalarm.
TriggerprioritiescanbesettoRedorGreen:
 Red–Thedefault,triggersthealarmsprioritizedredasfirst,thenyellow,and
greenalarmslast.
 Green–Triggersthealarmsprioritizedasgreenfirst,thenyellow,andred
alarmslast.
5Todefinethealarmbutnotmakeitactive,deselecttheEnablebox.
6ClicktheTriggerstabandtheAddbutton.
IntheTriggerstab,therearefourdrop‐downmenus:
 TriggerType
Theoptionslistedapplytoeitherthehostorvirtualmachine.
Forhostalarms,theoptionsareHostProcessor(orCPU)Usage,Host
MemoryUsage,HostNetworkUsage,HostDiskUsage,andHostState.
Forvirtualmachinealarms,theoptionsareVMProcessor(orCPU)Usage,
VM
MemoryUsage,VMNetworkUsage,VMDiskUsage,andVMState.
 Condition
TheoptionsforpercentagetriggersareIsAbove(percent)andIsBelow
(percent).
TheoptionsforstatetriggersareIs(state)andIsNot(state).