"VM restarted on alternate host" event can not be used vCenter Server 5.x and higher version

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
"VM restarted on alternate host" event using customer alarm cannot trigger when HA occurs.

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.7.x
VMware vCenter Server 6.0.x
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x

Cause

"VM restarted on alternate host" event is deprecated, so we cannot use vCenter Server 5.0 and higher versions.

Resolution

This will be fixed in future versions. Please see workaround.

Workaround:
Use "vSphere HA restarted a virtual machine" event instead.