Configuring events and alarms
About this task
The Dell EMC Management
Center events and alarms dialog box enables or disables all hardware
alarms. The current alert status is displayed on the vCenter alarms
tab. A critical event indicates actual or imminent data loss or system
malfunction. A warning event is not necessarily significant, but can
indicate a possible future problem. The events and alarms can also
be enabled by using the VMware Alarm Manager. The events are displayed
on the vCenter tasks and events tab in the hosts and clusters view.
To receive the events from the servers, OMIVV is configured as the
SNMP trap destination. For 12th generation hosts and later, the SNMP
trap destination is set in iDRAC. For hosts earlier than 12th generation,
trap destination is set in OMSA. You can configure events and alarms
using the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter from the Settings,
expand the Events and Alarms heading to display
the vCenter alarms for Dell EMC Hosts (Enabled or Disabled), and the event
posting level.
tab. Under vCenter NOTE: OMIVV supports SNMP v1 and v2 alerts for 12th generation hosts and
later. For hosts earlier than 12th generation, OMIVV supports SNMP
v1 alerts.
NOTE: To receive the Dell events, enable both alarms and events.
Steps
In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the vCenter settings, expand Events and Alarms.
The current tab, under vCenter Alarms for Dell EMC Hosts (Enabled or Disabled) or all vCenter alarms, and Event Posting Level are displayed.Click the
icon at the right side of Events and Alarms.
To enable all hardware alarms and events, select Enable Alarms for all Dell EMC Hosts.
NOTE: The Dell EMC hosts that have alarms enabled respond to critical events by entering into maintenance mode and you can modify the alarm, as needed.To restore the default vCenter alarm settings for all managed Dell servers, click Restore Default Alarms.
This step can take up to a minute before the change takes effect and is available only if Enable Alarms For Dell EMC Hosts is selected.In Event Posting Level, select either “Do not post any events”, “Post All Events”, “Post only Critical and Warning Events”, or “Post only Virtualization-Related Critical and Warning Events”. For more information, see Events, alarms, and health monitoring.
If you want to apply these settings to all vCenters, select Apply these settings to all vCenters.
NOTE: Selecting the option overrides the existing settings for all vCenters.NOTE: The option is not available, if you have already selected All Registered vCenters from the drop-down list on the Settings tab.To save, click Apply.