No email notification received for “VM created” alarm in vCenter.

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• Customer created a “VM Created” alarm in vCenter but no email notification was received.
• Other alarms successfully send email notifications, confirming that the SMTP configuration is working fine.

Environment

VMware vCenter 8.x

Cause

• The email notification action was not enabled in the alarm definition.
• The alarm was configured for the “VM created” event, which does not trigger when a virtual machine is cloned.

Resolution

Enable the Send email notifications action and specify recipient addresses in the alarm’s Actions section.

For detailed steps, see:

Specify Alarm Rules in VMware vSphere 8.0