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Table 7-7. <condition> Element Attributes (Continued)
Attribute Description
eventClass Class of an event that is part of the alert. Valid values are as follows:
n
empty
n
dt
n
ht
n
failure
n
system
n
cusum
n
noise
n
prediction
n
environment
n
change
n
notification
n
fault
n
multilevel ht
For this attribute to be evaluated, you must also specify attributeKey.
vCenter Operations Manager checks only events that have a matching attributeKey value.
eventSubclass Subclass of an event that is part of the alert. Valid values are as follows:
n
above
n
below
n
down
n
exception
n
extevent
n
outofrange
n
rateabove
n
ratebelow
n
not collected
n
collector down
n
abnormal dt
n
fingerprint
n
perform degradation
n
change
n
equal
n
not equal
n
corrupt
For this attribute to be evaluated, you must also specify attributeKey.
vCenter Operations Manager checks only those events that have a matching attributeKey value.
<text> Element
The <text> element defines the hint text that appears in the user interface when the alert meets the condition
defined in the associated <condition> element. The following example defines the hint text Some text here.
<text>Some text here</text>
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