VMware Aria Operations 8.17.1

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Actions Supported for Automation

Recommendations can identify ways to remediate problems indicated by an alert. Some of these remediations can be associated with actions defined in your
VMware Aria Operations
 instance. You can automate several of these remediation actions for an alert when that recommendation is the first priority for that alert.
You activate actionable alerts in your policies. By default, automation is deactivated in policies. To configure automation for your policy, in the menu, click
Configure
Policies
Policy Library
. Then, to edit a policy, access the
Alert / Symptom Definitions
 workspace, and select
Local
 for the
Automate
 setting in the Alert / Symptom Definitions pane.
When an action is automated, you can use the
Automated
 and
Alert
 columns in
Administration
Recent Tasks
 to identify the automated action and view the results of the action.
  • VMware Aria Operations
     uses the
    automationAdmin
     user account to trigger automated actions. For these automated actions that are triggered by alerts, the Submitted By column displays the
    automationAdmin
     user.
  • The Alert column displays the alert that triggered the action. When an alert is triggered that is associated to the recommendation, it triggers the action without any user intervention.
The following actions are supported for automation:
  • Delete Powered Off VM
  • Delete Idle VM
  • Move VM
  • Power Off VM
  • Power On VM
  • Set CPU Count And Memory for VM
  • Set CPU Count And Memory for VM Power Off Allowed
  • Set CPU Count for VM
  • Set CPU Count for VM Power Off Allowed
  • Set CPU Resources for VM
  • Set Memory for VM
  • Set Memory for VM Power Off Allowed
  • Set Memory Resources for VM
  • Shut Down Guest OS for VM

Roles Needed to Automate Actions

To automate actions, your role must have the following permissions:
  • Create, edit, and import policies in
    Configure
    Policies
    Policy Library
    .
  • Create, clone, edit, and import alert definitions in
    Configure
    Alerts
    Alert Definitions
    .
  • Create, edit, and import recommendation definitions in
    Configure
    Alerts
    Recommendations
    .
You set the permissions used to run the actions separately from the alert and recommendation definition. Anyone who can modify alerts, recommendations, and policies can also automate the action, even if they do not have permission to run the action.
For example, if you do not have access to the Power Off VM action, but you can create and modify alerts and recommendations, you can see the Power Off VM action and assign it to an alert recommendation. Then, if you automate the action in your policy,
VMware Aria Operations
 uses the
automationAdmin
 user to run the action.

Example Action Supported for Automation

For the Alert Definition named
Virtual machine has chronic high CPU workload leading to CPU stress
, you can automate the action named
Set CPU Count for VM
.
When CPU stress on your virtual machines exceeds a critical, immediate, or warning level, the alert triggers the recommended action without user intervention.

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