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4 Select the type of activity this alarm will monitor.
The options in the Triggers tab change depending on the type of activity you select.
5 Click OK to save your changes and exit the dialog box or select a different tab to make further changes
to the alarm.
What to do next
NOTE You cannot save an alarm without triggers defined for it.
Specify How the Alarm is Triggered (Condition or State-based)
You can specify the events, states, or conditions that triggers the alarm in the Triggers tab of the Alarm
Settings dialog box. The options you choose under the General tab of the Alarm Settings dialog box
determine the options available under the Triggers tab. An alarm definition must contain at least one trigger
before it can be saved.
Prerequisites
Launch the vSphere Client and log in to a vCenter Server system.
Open the Triggers tab of the Alarm Settings dialog box. See “Specify Alarm Name, Description, and Type,”
on page 412.
Required Privilege: Alarms.Create alarm or Alarms.Modify alarm
Procedure
1 Select the trigger you want to change or click Add to add a new trigger.
2 Click in the Trigger Type column and select an option from the drop-down menu.
3 Click in the Condition column and select an option from the drop-down menu.
4 Click in the Warning column and select an option from the drop-down menu to set the threshold for
triggering a warning.
5 (Optional) Click in the Condition Length column and select an option from the drop-down menu.
6 Click in the Alert column and select an option from the drop-down menu to set the threshold for
triggering an alert.
7 (Optional) Click in the Condition Length column and select an option from the drop-down menu.
What to do next
Click OK to save the alarm definition and exit the dialog box, or optionally add more triggers, or configure
any of the following settings:for this alarm:
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Repeat alarm thresholds
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