Specifications

Chapter 3: Administration and setup
Active VMs
Virtual machines which are accessible for data collection and are registered
with their hosts or Virtual Center. This is the normal state for virtual machine
records. These machines are searchable in the current and historical time
frames.
Stale VMs
Virtual machines which are either inaccessible for data collection or
unregistered with their hosts or Virtual Center for the defined "Active to
Stale" interval. These virtual machines are searchable, however, they
appear dimmed to indicate their stale status.
Decommissioned VMs
Virtual machines which have been "Stale" for the defined "Stale to
Decommissioned" interval. These virtual machines are no longer
searchable in the current time frame. These virtual machines still exist in the
data repository as historically searchable records.
The interval between these life cycle changes is controlled by system properties
which are accessible from Setup > System Properties in Virtualization Manager.
For more information, see Configuring system properties.
Configuring SMTP settings
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager uses email to deliver alert notifications. In
addition, reports can be delivered as attachments to emails to interested parties
either as needed or on a scheduled basis. However, email can only be delivered
if you configure an SMTP server to send outgoing emails.
Provide the following information on the SMTP Configuration page of the
Configuration Wizard:
l Hostname: The IP address or host name of the SMTP server.
l TCP Port: Port that the email server expects SMTP connections.
l Authentication Username: The email account used to send emails from
this SMTP server.
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