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Add Outbound Notification Plug-Ins in vRealize Operations Manager
You add outbound plug-in instances so that you can notify users about alerts or capture alert data outside of
vRealize Operations Manager.
You can congure one or more instances of the same plug-in type if you need to direct alert information to
multiple target systems.
The Automated Action plug-in is enabled by default. If automated actions stop working, check the
Automated Action plug-in and enable it if necessary. If you edit the Automated Action plug-in, you only
need to provide the instance name.
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Add a Standard Email Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts on page 63
You add a Standard Email Plug-In so that you can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to email
vRealize Operations Manager alert notications to your virtual infrastructure administrators, network
operations engineers, and other interested individuals.
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Add a REST Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts on page 64
You add a REST Plug-In so that you can send vRealize Operations Manager alerts to another REST-
enabled application where you built a REST Web service to accept these messages.
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Add a Log File Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts on page 66
You add a Log File plug-in when you want to congure vRealize Operations Manager to log alerts to a
le on each of your vRealize Operations Manager nodes. If you installed vRealize Operations Manager
as a multiple node cluster, each node processes and logs the alerts for the objects that it monitors. Each
node logs the alerts for the objects it processes.
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Add a Network Share Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Reports on page 67
You add a Network Share plug-in when you want to congure vRealize Operations Manager to send
reports to a shared location.
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Add an SNMP Trap Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts on page 68
You add an SNMP Trap plug-in when you want to congure vRealize Operations Manager to log
alerts on an existing SNMP Trap server in your environment.
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Add a Smarts Service Assurance Manager Notication Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager
Outbound Alerts on page 68
You add a Smarts SAM Notication plug-in when you want to congure vRealize Operations Manager
to send alert notications to EMC Smarts Server Assurance Manager.
Add a Standard Email Plug-In for vRealize Operations Manager Outbound Alerts
You add a Standard Email Plug-In so that you can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to email
vRealize Operations Manager alert notications to your virtual infrastructure administrators, network
operations engineers, and other interested individuals.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have an email user account that you can use as the connection account for the alert
notications. If you choose to require authentication, you must also know the password for this account.
Procedure
1 In the left pane of vRealize Operations Manager, click the Administration icon.
2 Click Outbound  and click the plus sign to add a plug-in.
3 From the Plug-In Type drop-down menu, select Standard Email Plugin.
The dialog box expands to include your SMTP seings.
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