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Select Which Badges Generate Alerts
You can select the badges for which you want alerts to appear on the Alerts tab in
vCenter Operations Manager.
Alerts are generated when a badge changes its color based on the badge score metrics.
An administrator can modify any policy in vCenter Operations Manager at any time. The changes that the
administrator applies affect all users. Therefore, the administrator must notify the users who are working
with vCenter Operations Manager about any new settings that are applied to the policies.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client as an administrator, and vCenter Operations Manager is
open.
Procedure
1 Click the Configuration link on the main vCenter Operations Manager page.
2 Create a new policy or open an existing policy for editing.
Option Description
To create a new policy
In the Manage Policies pane, click the Create Policy icon .
To modify an existing policy
In the Manage Policies pane, select the policy that you want to associate to
groups and click the Edit Policy icon .
3 Click 5 Configure Alerts and select the badges for which you want to generate alerts when their color
changes.
You can activate alerts for virtual machines, for other virtual infrastructure objects, and for groups.
4 (Optional) To trigger an alert each time a fault occurs on the vCenter Server, select Generate alerts on
individual faults.
vCenter Operations Manager calculates fault badge scores based on the number of events retrieved
from the vCenter Server and does not weigh the importance of the events. Therefore, if the Generate
alerts on individual faults option is disabled, the Faults badge color might remain unchanged if a
single event occurs, and as a result, you might miss a critical fault event that occurs on the vCenter
Server.
5 Click OK or Finish to save your settings, or select another option to configure.
6 Click Done to close the Configuration dialog box.
vCenter Operations Manager generates alerts based on the settings you have applied.
Modify Trend and Forecast Analysis Settings
You can define trend and forecast parameters around data points that include outlier detection or
smoothing filters.
An administrator can modify any policy in vCenter Operations Manager at any time. The changes that the
administrator applies affect all users. Therefore, the administrator must notify the users who are working
with vCenter Operations Manager about any new settings that are applied to the policies.
For information about techniques to address outliers and fluctuations in data points that might mislead the
trend and forecast calculations, see “Outlier Detection and Smoothing Filters in vCenter Operations
Manager,” on page 108.
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