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Table Of Contents
- Administrator Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Getting Started
- Introduction
- Configuring vCenter Server Heartbeat
- System Administration and Management
- Server Protection
- Network Protection
- Application Protection
- Application Protection Overview
- Applications: Applications Tab
- Reset the Application Health Status
- View Application Status
- Setting the Application Timeout Exception
- Remove an Application
- Manually Start and Stop Applications
- Configuring Applications
- Application Maintenance Mode
- Reviewing the State of an Application
- Reviewing the Applications Log
- Filtering Application Log Entries
- Applications: Services Tab
- Applications: Tasks Tab
- Applications: Plug-ins Tab
- Status and Control
- vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- About vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Work with Groups and Pairs
- Add, Edit, Move, and Remove Pairs in VCenter Server Heartbeat Groups
- Review the Status of vCenter Server Heartbeat Groups and Pairs
- Exit vCenter Server Heartbeat Console
- Shut Down Windows Without Stopping vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Controlled Shutdown
- vSphere Client Plug-in
- Uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat
- Performance Protection
- Data Protection
- Alerts and Events
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Unexpected Behaviors
- Two Active Servers
- Two Passive Servers
- Synchronization Failures
- Registry Status is Out of Sync
- Channel Drops
- Subnet or Routing Issues
- MaxDiskUsage Errors
- MaxDiskUsage Error Messages
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage (VCChannelExceededMaxDiskUsageException)
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage on the ACTIVE Server
- [L9]Exceeded the Maximum Disk Usage on the PASSIVE Server
- [L20]Out of Disk Space (VCChannelOutOfDiskSpaceException)
- Application Slowdown
- Poor Application Performance
- Both Servers Can Accommodate the Initial Load but the Load Has Increased
- One Server Can Provide Adequate Resource Support, but the Other Cannot
- Scheduled Resource Intensive Tasks
- Glossary
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This chapter includes the following topics:
“Configure Alerts” on page 67
“Configure Alert Reporting” on page 67
“Test Alert Reporting” on page 68
“Configure Event Log Files” on page 68
“Review Event Logs” on page 69
Configure Alerts
vCenter Server Heartbeat can send predefined alerts to remote administrators by email using Logs >
Configure Alerts.
You can configure alerts in by clicking Configure Alerts on the Logs page
You can configure three alert states: Red alerts are critical, yellow alerts are not as serious, and green alerts are
informational. These alerts are preconfigured with the recommended alerting levels.
To reconfigure each event to trigger red, yellow, green, or no alert, select the appropriate tab, select the check
boxes, and click OK.
Configure Alert Reporting
vCenter Server Heartbeat can alert the administrators or other personnel and route logs by email when an
Alert condition exists.
To configure email alerts
1Click Logs: Mail Settings to open the Mail Settings dialog.
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 OK.
You can configure email recipients in the On Red Alert, On Yellow Alert, and On Green Alert tabs of the
Configure Alerts dialog after configuring the trigger levels and the email server.
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