6.0.1

Specify Alarm Actions
You can define actions that the system performs when the alarm is triggered or changes status. You can
enable and disable alarms and alarm actions independently of each other.
vCenter Server can perform alarm actions in response to triggered alarms.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have navigated to the Actions page of the alarm definition wizard. See “View and Edit
Alarm Settings,” on page 109.
Required Privilege: Alarms.Create alarm or Alarms.Modify alarm
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Send Email as an Alarm Action on page 113
You can use the SMTP agent included with vCenter Server to send email notifications when alarms are
triggered.
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Send SNMP Traps as an Alarm on page 114
The SNMP agent included with vCenter Server can be used to send traps when alarms are triggered
on a vCenter Server instance. The default hardware health alarms send SNMP traps by default.
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Run a Script or a Command as an Alarm Action on page 114
You can configure an alarm to run a script or a command in the vSphere Web Client when the alarm is
triggered.
Procedure
1 Select the action that you want to change, or click the Add icon to add one.
2 Click in the Action column, and select an option from the drop-down menu.
3 Click in the Configuration column, and enter configuration information for actions that require
additional information:
Option Action
Send a notification email
Type email addresses, separated by a comma.
Migrate VM
Complete the virtual machine migration wizard.
Run a command
Take one of the following actions and press Enter:
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If the command is a .exe file, enter the full path name of the command
and include any parameters. For example, to run the cmd.exe
command in the C:\tools directory, with the alarmName and
targetName parameters, type:
c:\tools\cmd.exe alarmName targetName
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If the command is a .bat file, enter the full path name of the command
as an argument to the c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe command.
Include any parameters. For example, to run the cmd.bat command in
the C:\tools directory, with the alarmName and targetName
parameters, type:
c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c c:\tools\cmd.bat
alarmName targetName
For .bat files, the command and its parameters must be formatted
into one string.
4 (Optional) For each alarm status change column, select whether the alarm should be triggered when the
alarm status changes.
Some actions do not support re-triggering when alarm status change.
5 For repeat actions, select the time interval for the repetition.
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