Creating a Custom Alert for Virtual Machine HA Failovers in Aria Operations

Products

• VCF Operations

Issue/Introduction

There is no out-of-the-box alert definition in Aria Operations specifically designed to trigger exclusively on individual Virtual Machine High Availability (HA) failover events. Administrators require a method to track when a vSphere HA event restarts a specific virtual machine.

Environment

VMware Aria Operations 8.18.x/9.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.x/9.x

 

Cause

VMware Aria Operations does not natively include a default alert for individual VM HA failovers, requiring a custom Message Event Symptom Definition to trap the vCenter Server HA restart event.

Resolution

 

You can define a custom Alert and Symptom definition for this use case using the steps below:

• Log in to the Aria Operations user interface with administrative privileges.Navigate to Configure > Alerts > Symptom Definitions.

• Click Add to create a new symptom definition and select Message Event Symptom Definition.

• Set the Base Object Type to Virtual Machine.

• In the event criteria, configure the match string to capture the exact vCenter Server HA event string (e.g., "vSphere HA restarted virtual machine").

• Save the new Symptom Definition.

• Navigate to Configure > Alerts > Alert Definitions.

• Click Add to create a new Alert Definition.

• Set the target object type to Virtual Machine.

• Add the newly created Message Event Symptom Definition as the trigger condition for this alert.

• Save and enable the Alert Definition.