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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Administration Guide
- Contents
- VMware vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise Administration Guide
- Configuring and Managing vCenter Operations Manager
- Configuring Adapters
- Configuring Resources
- Configuring Attribute Packages
- Configuring Applications
- Configuring and Managing Users
- Configuring Alert Notifications
- Performing Basic System Administration Tasks
- View vCenter Operations Manager Performance Information
- View vCenter Operations Manager Status Information
- Start or StopvCenter Operations Manager Services
- Viewing and Managing System Log Files
- Delete Old Data in the File System Database
- Run the Audit Report
- Modify Global Settings
- Modify Global Settings for Virtual Environments
- Create a Support Bundle
- Resolving Administrative System Alerts
- Analytics FSDB Overloaded
- Analytics Threshold Checking Overloaded
- Collector Is Down
- Controller Is Unable to Connect to MQ
- DataQueue Is Filling Up
- Describe Failed
- Failed to Repair Corrupted FSDB Files
- File Queue Is Full
- FSDB Files Corrupted for Resources
- FSDB Storage Drive Free Space Is Less Than 10%
- No DT Processors Connected
- One or More Resources Were Not Started
- Outbound Alert Send Failed
- Replication MQ Sender Is Blocked
- Backing Up and Recovering Data
- Using System Tools
- Summary of vCenter Operations Manager System Tools
- Check the FSDB and Repair Problems
- Move the FSDB
- View Resources in the FSDB
- Remove System-Generated Metrics from the FSDB
- Monitor vCenter Operations Manager Services in JConsole
- Verify Server to Collector Communication
- Configuring and Running the Repository Adapter
- Configure Database Connections for the Repository Adapter
- Set the Repository Adapter Schedule
- Configure the Source and Destination Columns for the Repository Adapter
- Set Operation Options for the Repository Adapter
- Configure Data Export Values for the Repository Adapter
- Start the Repository Adapter
- conf.properties File
- Configuring and Running runvcopsServerConfiguration
- Using the FSDB JDBC Driver
- Index
Table 7-2. Elements for General Options
Element Description
<FileReloadTimeInMinutes>
(Optional) Sets how often vCenter Operations Manager
checks the emailFilter.xml file for changes. If you do not
include this element, vCenter Operations Manager checks
the file every 30 minutes.
<SendFromEmail>
(Optional) Sets the address to use as the from address for all
email alert notifications. If you do not include this element,
vCenter Operations Manager sends messages from the
default email sender address in the
vcenter-
ops
\user\conf\email.properties configuration file.
<FilterRule> Element
The rest of the emailFilter.xml file contains one or more <FilterRule> elements. Each <FilterRule> element
defines a set of conditions for an alert and one or more email addresses to which to send notifications for all
alerts that meet those conditions. <FilterRule> should have a name attribute. The name attribute can be any
text that describes the filter rule.
Each <FilterRule> has one or more conditions, which are contained in a <Conditions> tag. Each
<condition> element includes a type setting and a value to match. In the sample file, the following conditions
are used in the first rule.
<Conditions>
<condition type="Application">Online Trading</condition>
<condition type="Tier">Online Trading:Web</condition>
<condition type=Level">Critical</condition>
</Conditions>
In this example, the rule contains three conditions. The first condition is of type Application and it checks for
the value Online Trading. The type setting defines the type of data to check for the matching value to determine
if the condition is met.
Table 7-3. Valid Type Settings
Type Description
AlertSubType
Subtype of the alert. Valid names are EARLYWARNING,
KPI_BREACH, KPI_PREDICTION, KPI_HT_BREACH,
NOTIFICATION, SYSTEM, ENVIRONMENT, and
ABNORMALITY.
For example: <condition
type="AlertSubType">ENVIRONMENT</condition>
AlertType
Type of alert. Valid values are SMART, CLASSIC, and
ADMINISTRATIVE.
For example: <condition
type="AlertType">ADMINISTRATIVE</condition>
Application
Name of a vCenter Operations Manager application. The
condition matches if the alert is for any resource in the
application.
For example: <condition
type="Application">OnlineTrading</condition>
Collector
Uunique name of a vCenter Operations Manager collector.
For example: <condition type="Collector">vCenter
Operations Collector</condition>
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