HCX Alarms "IF" conditions are missing on vCenter 8.0

Products

• VMware HCX

Issue/Introduction

From vCenter Server 8.0 GA  build 20519528 to 8.0 Update 1e build 24005165, HCX alarm rules that define the IF condition are not highlighted or listed as shown below

Login to the vCenter GUI --> Click on vCenter --> Configure --> Alarm Definitions --> Search for any HCX alarms (HCX Connector Database upgrade Failed) 

You see the IF condition com.vmware.hcx.cloud.database.upgrade defined, but if you edit the alarm, the IF conditions is blank and there is no parameter defined there.

 

 

 

Environment

vCenter 8.0 GA  build 20519528 to 8.0 Update 1e build 24005165

Cause

Issue is pertaining to vCenter 8.0.x version where the IF conditions are not highlighted.

Resolution

Upgrade the vCenter server to 8.0u2 or latest.

Post upgrading the vCenter server to the latest versions, the IF conditions gets populated as shown below.