Specifications

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You can configure two alert states: Red alerts are critical and yellow alerts are not as serious. These alerts are
preconfigured with the recommended alerting levels.
To reconfigure each event to trigger red, yellow, or no alert, check the appropriate boxes and click Apply.
To reset the alerts to the last applied changes, click Reset.
Configuring Alert Reporting
vCenter Server Heartbeat can alert the administrator and route logs by email when an Alert condition exists.
To configure email alerts
1Click Advanced > System and click the Configuration tab.
2 Type the outgoing SMTP server of both the Primary server (when active) and the Secondary server (when
active) in the appropriate fields.
3 Type the FQDN of the mail server. Type an email address that is authorized to send mail through the
SMTP server.
4 If the SMTP servers require authentication to accept and forward SMTP messages, select Mail Server
requires authentication and specify the credentials for an appropriate authenticated user account.
5Click Apply. To restore the configuration to the last saved state, click Reset.