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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
In this example, the first message is sent two hours after the alert condition occurs and the message repeats
every hour until the condition is resolved.
You can enter as many <FilterRule> elements as necessary to filter alert notifications and send each notification
to the correct members of your organization. If an alert matches the conditions for more than one filter, it is
sent to the address for each condition that it matches.
Email Template File Format
An email template file can be in text (.txt) or HTML (.html) format. The default email template files are HTML
files.
Formatting Rules
Email template files must follow specific formatting rules.
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If you create an email template in HTML format, it must contain standard HTML formatting tags.
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An email template file can contain a single line for the message subject and any amount of text for the
message body.
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The subject line in an email template file must start with $$SUBJECT=. The text that follows the equals sign
is the message subject. If you do not include a subject line, the message uses a default subject.
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You must store custom email template files in the
vcenter-
ops
\user\plugins\outbound\filter_alertplugin\conf\custom_templates directory.
Placeholders
All email template files can include placeholders, which are replaced with information from the alert. A
placeholder can be a replaced by a single value, such as an alert type, or it can represent multiple values, such
as the health of the parent or child resources. Placeholders must be enclosed in double braces ({{}}). The subject
line can contain only single-value placeholders.
Table 7-4. Placeholders
Single-Value Placeholders Multiple-Value Placeholders
{{AffectedResourceKind}} {{KPIFiring}}
{{AlertCriticality}} {{ParentsHealth}}
{{AlertMessage}} {{Alarms}}
{{AlertSubType}} {{AlertRootCause}}
{{AlertUpdateTime}} {{ChildrenHealth}}
{{AffectedResourceName}} {{AlertRootCauseDetails}}
{{AlertGenerateTime}}
{{AlertOwner}}
{{AlertTrigger}}
{{FilterRuleName}}
{{AlertCancelTime}}
{{AlertId}}
{{AlertStatus}}
{{AlertType}}
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