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March 7th, 2012 13:00
Alarm based on VM status
Hello
I have just started evaluating vFoglight to monitor our VMware infrastructure, and so far I really like the product, but there is a lot to take in.
Is there a predefined alarm that will raise and alert and email me if a vm crashes or goes offline? Will the default rule 'VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change' do this? I get the impression this will tell me if the VM is shutdown, or restarted, but couldnt workout if it would flag up if a VM has frozen or crashed.
In the past I have done this using the basic 'no heartbeat alram' in vsphere.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Dan
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rachel sathya
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March 7th, 2012 14:00
Hi Dan,
VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change will do as below:
Purpose
This rule fires an alarm if a virtual machine has been suspended or powered off recently.
Rule Definition
Conditions State Action
The virtual machine has not been suspended or powered off recently. Normal None
The virtual machine has been suspended recently. Warning None
The virtual machine has been powered off recently. Critical Send email to VMware admin
Maybe you can add, e-mail action to the warning severity of the rule.
ne0star
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March 7th, 2012 14:00
Hi Thanks for the replay.
So if I configured the warning alert and that vm froze or blue screen it would send me an email?
Cheers
Dan
DELL-Thomas B
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March 9th, 2012 18:00
It would not email you because the VM is technically still online, it would only email/alert you if the VM was then shutdown as part of what happens in the blue screen process. The alternative would be to craft a rule to look at something like the VMware Tools status to see if they are unavailable or not responding, that could give an indication that the VM has BSoD or such.