{"id":255,"date":"2012-05-21T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2012-05-21T13:06:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T12:06:21","slug":"snapshot-notifications-alarms-vmware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Snapshot notifications \/ alarms VMware"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidmichaelbrown.com%2F%3Fp%3D255&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve been working with VMware for a number of years now and I&#8217;m sure many of you would agree the snapshot feature is very useful, I know for myself it has got me out of a sticky situation after a failed software update.<\/p>\n<p>In the past I have known virtual machine run from snapshots for weeks without knowing, this can be due to failed backups or someone not writing the snapshot back when they&#8217;ve finished performing an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>By default there is no alarm definition to notifiy you of a machine running from a snapshot.<\/p>\n<p>I will guide you the process of creating this custom definition:<\/p>\n<p>Open your vSphere client and connect to your vCenter server and select the Host and Clusters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-257\" title=\"VMware Create New Alarm Definition\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm.png\" alt=\"VMware Create New Alarm Definition\" width=\"430\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm.png 1024w, https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Right click and select &#8216;New Alarm&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enter a relevant name for the alarm and select the monitor type as &#8216;Virtual Machines&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"VC-New Alarm Definition Name\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm2.png\" alt=\"VC-New Alarm Definition Name\" width=\"413\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm2.png 737w, https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm2-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Select the\u00a0&#8216;Triggers&#8217; tab, select &#8216;Add&#8217; and\u00a0from the drop down list select &#8216;VM Snapshot Size\u00a0(GB)&#8217;, the condition should be &#8216;Is\u00a0above&#8217;, warning must be &#8216;1&#8217; and alert must be &#8216;2&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" title=\"VC-New Alarm Triggers\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm3.png\" alt=\"VC-New Alarm Triggers\" width=\"442\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm3.png 736w, https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm3-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Select the &#8216;Actions&#8217; tab, and assign your notifications. I setup an email alert however I set the repeat actions to 1440 minutes (24 hours) as I didn&#8217;t want to get bombarded by emails from vSphere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" title=\"VC-New Alarm Actions\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm4.png\" alt=\"VC-New Alarm Actions\" width=\"442\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm4.png 737w, https:\/\/davidmichaelbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VC-New-Alarm4-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There you have it, your all setup for your Snapshot noifications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fdavidmichaelbrown.com%2F%3Fp%3D255&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been working with VMware for a number of years now and I&#8217;m sure many of you would agree the snapshot feature is very useful, I know for myself it has got me out of a sticky situation after a failed software update. 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