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Types of Alerts
vCenter Operations Manager generates several types of alerts. Double-click alerts in the list to view the alert
details.
Badge Score Alerts
Badge score alerts are triggered when a badge changes its color. Badge colors
change based on the hard thresholds that you set in the Configuration dialog
box. Alerts can be triggered for the Workflow, Anomalies, Time Remaining,
Capacity Remaining, Stress, Waste, and Density badges. You can select
which badges activate alerts in the Configuration dialog box.
NOTE You cannot cancel badge score alerts.
Fault Alerts
The color of the Faults badge changes based on the number of events that
occurred in the virtual infrastructure that you monitor.
vCenter Operations Manager does not weigh the importance of events, and
the Faults badge color might remain unchanged if a single event occurs. As a
result, you might miss an isolated, but critical fault event that occurred on
the vCenter Server. Therefore, fault alerts are triggered when an individual
event occurs and are not related to the color of the Faults badge. You can
enable and disable fault alerts in the Configuration dialog box.
NOTE Only fault alerts can be cancelled in vCenter Operations Manager.
Administrative Alerts
Administrative alerts are displayed only when the World object is
selected in the navigation tree. Administrative alerts are related to problems
on the vCenter Operations Manager system and virtual environment and do
not affect monitored objects, but affect the proper operation and data
collection of the application.
Administrative alerts can be two types: system and environment. If any
administrative alerts are present, a purple notification icon appears in the
vertical alert pane on the far right. If the number of administrative alerts is
zero, the icon is not present. The following table lists the alert icons.
Alert Icon
Administrative Alert
Type Description
Notification One or more administrative alerts has
occurred.
System alert A component of the
vCenter Operations Manager application has
failed.
Environment alert vCenter Operations Manager has stopped
receiving data from one or more resources.
This might indicate a problem with the
resource or the network infrastructure.
NOTE You cannot cancel administrative alerts.
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