VM Snapshot Size (GB) alarm incorrectly triggers on virtual machines with no snapshots
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Article ID: 302276
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
In VMware vCenter Server 5.1:
- You configured a vCenter Server alarm to send alarms when virtual machines are running from snapshots
- The alarm is falsely triggered even when the virtual machine does not have snapshots
- You created the
VM Snapshot Size (GB)
alarm in vCenter Server - You see false alarms for multiple virtual machines in the inventory
- Snapshot Alarms get triggered regardless of Alarm Definition Threshold setting
Resolution
This issue is resolved in vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1. To download vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1
To work around this issue when you do not want to upgrade, disable the VM Snapshot Size (GB)
alarm in vCenter Server 5.1.
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