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Table 21-9. Virtual Machine Event Triggers (Continued)
Event Category Available Events
General messages and information VM error, VM error message, VM information, VM information message, VM
warning, VM warning message, VM migration error, VM migration warning, VM
configuration missing.
HA HA enabled VM reset, No HA enabled port groups, Cannot resent HA enabled VM,
VM HA updated error.
Naming and IDs UUID: Assigned, Changed, Conflict. Assign a new instance, Instance changed,
Instance conflict.
MAC: Assigned, Changed, Conflict. VM static MAC conflict.
WWN: Assigned, Changed, Conflict.
Power and connection states VM connected, VM disconnected, VM discovered, VM powered off, VM powered
on, VM starting, VM stopping, VM suspended, VM restarted on alternate host, VM
resuming.
Guest reboot, guest shutdown, guest standby.
Cannot power off, Cannot power on, Cannot reboot guest OS, Cannot reset, Cannot
shut down the guest OS, Cannot standby guest OS, Cannot suspend.
Remote console connected, Remote console disconnected.
Record, Replay Start a recording session, Start a replay session.
Resource Pool Resource pool moved, Resource pool relocated.
Host Event Triggers
VMware provides preconfigured alarms that trigger when events occur on hosts.
Table 21-10 lists events you can use to trigger alarms on hosts.
Table 21-10. Host Event Triggers
Event Category Available Events
Accounts Account created, Account removed, Account updated.
Access and security Administrator access disabled, Administrator access enabled.
Administrator password not changed. VIM account password changed.
License expired, No license.
Connection and mode Host connected, Host disconnected.
Host entered maintenance mode, Host exited maintenance mode, Host entering standby
mode, Host exiting standby mode.
Cannot connect host, cannot get host short name, Host already managed, Incorrect Ccagent,
Incorrect user name, Incompatible version, Ccagent upgrade, Network error, No access.
Connection lost, Cannot reconnect host, Host connection failure, Network connectivity
lost, Network uplink redundancy degraded, Network uplink redundancy lost, Cannot
connect to storage.
DRS DRS entering standby mode, DRS exited standby mode, DRS exiting standby mode. Cannot
complete DRS resource configuration, Resource configuration synchronized.
DVS Distributed Virtual Switch joined the port group, Distributed Virtual Switch left the port
group, Distributed Virtual Switch does not exist in vCenter or does not contain this host.
General error information Host error, Host information, Host warning.
HA Host HA agent disabled, HA agent enabled, Disabling HA, Enabling HA agent, HA agent
error, HA agent configured.
Host has extra HA networks, Host has no available HA networks, Host is missing HA
networks, No redundant management network for host, No HA enabled port groups.
Hardware health Hardware health changed
Inventory Host added, Host not in cluster. No datastores configured.
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