Configuring vCenter Mail, SNMP, and Alarms
Alarms can be used to notify an administrator of issues, or potential issues, in a vSphere environment. This notification allows an administrator to take corrective actions. Alarms can be configured to send e-mail notifications and/or SMNP traps when conditions are triggered. Alarm definitions contain a trigger and an action. Triggers include issues such as hardware failures or states such as increased CPU or memory utilization.
Properly designing alarm notifications can ensure successful ongoing operations in a vSphere environment.
How to do it…
The following steps will configure the Mail and SNMP settings for a vCenter Server and to configure a defined alarm to send an e-mail or SNMP notification:
Using the vSphere Web Client, go to Manage | Settings | General, as shown in the following screenshot:
Select Edit and Mail. Provide the Mail server option with an FQDN or an IP address and the Mail sender with an address. The vCenter Mail configuration is...
