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Configuring Alert Email Triggers (Alternate Method)

vCenter Server Heartbeat allows an alternate method to congure sending an alert notication that allows the

Administrator to create an event in the Application Event Log that can be customized to include vCenter Server

Heartbeat specic information variables.

Procedure

1 Select Run Command under the pertinent alert state.

2 Browse to the script to run or use a command line argument to run on the alert trigger.

The precongured WScript command creates an event in the Application Event Log and can be customized

to include vCenter Server Heartbeat specic informational variables as shown in Table 9-1.

Table 9- 1. Customized Information Variables

ValueVariable

Id of event as listed above

$EventId

Human-readable name of event

$EventName

Detail message for event

$EventDetail

Time at which event occurred

$EventTime

The following command line argument creates an event in the Application Event Log listing the machine

that caused the alert, the time the alert occurred, the name, and details of the alert:

WScript //T:10 $(installdir)\bin\alert.vbs "VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat alert on $EventHost

at $EventTime because $EventName ($EventDetail). Event Id is $EventId"

3 Click OK.

Testing Alert Reporting

vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to test alert reporting without triggering an actual alert during the

operation of the active server.

Procedure

1 Navigate to the Logs page.

2 Click Test Alert Reporting.

A Test Alert email is sent to the congured email recipients.

Configuring Event Log Files

vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to congure Event Log les to direct where the log le is stored and the

number of events to be recorded.

Procedure

1 Navigate to the Logs page and click Congure.

Select the General tab to dene the lename and path of the exported comma-separated variable (.CSV)

le.

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