Create a Search-based Alert
In
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
, you can define an alert through the search. Whenever you
perform search, you get a option to create an alert based on your search result. All the alerts created by users are
categorized as Search-based alerts. Search-based alerts were previously know as user
defined events.
If you are an
existing
VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
user, and
you have configured user-defined events in your VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
, then when you upgrade to VMware Aria
Operations for Networks
version 6.1, you see all
your user-defined events under the Alert Definitions
page.
Based on the event type, you can find your events under either
Problem
or Change
tab in the
Alert Definitions
page.- Click
located in upper-right corner on the search result window.
- In theDefine Alertpage, do the following:OptionActionNameEnter a unique name for the alert.Search queryShows the search criteria for the alert.Generate alert whenSelect when you want to generate the alert.Definition typeSelect an alert type.SeverityThis field specifies the severity of the alert. You can set it to the following values:
- Critical
- Moderate
- Warning
- Info
- To configure how you want to send the notification, selectAlert Notificationcheck box and do the following:OptionActionEmail frequencySelect how frequently you want to get the notifications.Email addressesEnter an email address when you want to get the notifications.SNMP trap destinationSelect trap destinations from the drop-down.You can select maximum four trap destinations.
- ClickSUBMIT.