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Take Ownership of an Alert
Users can take ownership of alerts in the Alerts list.
Owning an alert means that you are responsible for taking the necessary remediation actions, and prevents
other users from suspending or suppressing the alert. This can reduce overlapping efforts when multiple
operators manage alerts. The user names of alert owners appear in the User Name column of the Alerts list.
IMPORTANT Only owners can suspend or suppress the alerts they own.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client, and vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 Click the Alerts tab.
2 In the Alerts list, click the alert you want to own.
3 (Optional) To select multiple alerts in the list, press the Shift or Control key and click to select the alerts.
4
Click the Take Ownership button
.
5 Click Yes to confirm.
The alert appears as Assigned in the Control State column of the alert list.
Release Ownership of an Alert
If you are no longer responsible for an alert or want to let other users take ownership of that alert, you must
release the ownership.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to a vSphere Client, and vCenter Operations Manager is open.
Procedure
1 Click the Alerts tab.
2 In the Alerts list, click one of the alerts that you own.
3 (Optional) To select multiple alerts in the list, press the Shift or Control key and click to select the alerts.
4
Click the Release Ownership button
.
5 Click Yes to confirm.
Your user name is removed from the User Name column of the Alerts list.
Suppress an Alert
You can hide an alert from the Alerts list for a specific number of days.
When you suppress an alert, you take ownership of this alert.
NOTE You cannot suppress an alert owned by another user.
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