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Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ConfigureAlerts”onpage 61
“ConfigureAlertReporting”onpage 61
“TestAlertReporting”onpage 62
“ConfigureEventLogFiles”onpage 62
“ReviewEventLogs”onpage 63
Configure Alerts
vCenterServerHeartbeatcansendpredefinedalertstoremoteadministratorsbyemailusingLogs>
ConfigureAlerts.
YoucanconfigurealertsinbyclickingConfigureAlertsontheLogspage
Youcanconfigurethreealertstates:Redalertsarecritical,yellowalertsarenotasserious,andgreenalertsare
informational.
Thesealertsarepreconfiguredwiththerecommendedalertinglevels.
Toreconfigureeacheventtotriggerred,yellow,green,ornoalert,selecttheappropriatetab,selectthecheck
boxes,andclickOK.
Configure Alert Reporting
vCenterServerHeartbeatcanalerttheadministratorsorotherpersonnelandroutelogsbyemailwhenan
Alertconditionexists.
To configure email alerts
1ClickLogs:MailSettingstoopentheMailSettingsdialog.
2TypetheoutgoingSMTPserverofboththePrimaryserver(whenactive)andtheSecondaryserver(when
active)intheappropriate
fields.
3TypetheFQDNofthemailserver.Typeanemailaddressthatisauthorizedtosendmailthroughthe
SMTPserver.
4IftheSMTPserversrequireauthenticationtoacceptandforwardSMTPmessages,selectMailServer
requiresauthenticationandspecifythecredentialsforanappropriateauthenticateduseraccount.
5ClickOK.
You
canconfigureemailrecipientsintheOnRedAlert,OnYellowAlert,andOnGreenAlerttabsofthe
ConfigureAlertsdialogafterconfiguringthetriggerlevelsandtheemailserver.
Other Administrative Tasks
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