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Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert Rules
Alert rules are the conditions you define that determine when an alert is generated. Virtual environment
alert rules are based on virtual environment compliance templates.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have virtual environment compliance templates. See "Create and Run Virtual
Environment Compliance Templates" on page 61.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Alerts > Rules.
3. Click Add.
4. Type the alert name and description in the text boxes and clickNext.
5. Select VE Compliance Results Data and click Next.
6. Select a compliance template and click Next.
7. Review the configured actions and click Finish.
What to do next
Create a virtual environments configuration that includes this rule. See "Create Virtual Environments
Compliance Alert Configurations" on page 70.
Create Virtual Environments Compliance Alert Configurations
Virtual environment compliance alert configurations are created for virtual objects groups to generate
alerts when a virtual environment compliance template returns non-compliant results during scheduled
runs of the template.
You must have at least one unused rule to add to the alert configuration parameters.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have virtual environment alert rules. See"Create Virtual Environment Compliance Alert
Rules" on page 70.
When you configure the automated responses, see the online help for configuration details.
Procedure
1. Click Administration.
2. Select Alerts > Virtual Environments Configuration.
3. In the middle pane, select the virtual objects group for which you want to generate an alert if one or
more rules in the template fail.
4. Click Add.
5. Select a virtual environments compliance results alert rule and click Next.
6. Select the alert severity and click Next.
You can select Critical, Important, Moderate, or Low.
7. Select and configure one or more automated responses that are performed when an alert is generated
and click Next.
8. Review the alert configuration and click Finish.
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