VMware 4817V62 Administration Guide - Page 244

vSphere Basic System Administration Table 21-17. Default vSphere Alarm Actions Action Description Alarm Object Send a notification email SMTP sends an email message. The SMTP must be ready when the email message is sent. You can set SMTP through vCenter Server. datacenter, datastore, cluster, host, resource pool, virtual machine, network, vNetwork distributed switch, dvPort group Send a notification trap SNMP sends a notification trap. vCenter Server is the default SNMP notification receiver. An SNMP trap viewer is required to view a sent trap. datacenter, datastore, cluster, host, resource pool, virtual machine Run a command Performs the operation defined in the script you specify. It runs as separate process and does not block vCenter Server processes. datacenter, datastore, cluster, host, resource pool, virtual machine, network, vNetwork distributed switch, dvPort group Enter or exit maintenance mode Puts the host in and out of maintenance mode. host Maintenance mode restricts virtual machine operations on the host. You put a host in maintenance mode when you need to move or service it. Enter or exit standby Suspends or resumes the guest operating system on the host virtual machine. Reboot or shut down host Reboots or shuts down the host. host Suspend the virtual machine Suspends the virtual machine when the alarm triggers. You can use the suspend feature to make resources available on a short-term basis or for other situations in which you want to put a virtual machine on hold without powering it down. virtual machine Power on or power off the virtual machine Power on starts the virtual machine and boots the guest operating system if the guest operating system is installed. Power off is analogous to pulling the power cable on a physical machine. It is not a graceful shutdown of the guest operating system, but is used when a shut down might not succeed. For example, a shut down will not work if the guest operating system is not responding. virtual machine Reset the virtual machine Pauses activity on the virtual machine. Transactions are virtual machine frozen until you issue a Resume command. Migrate the virtual machine Powers off the virtual machine and migrates it according virtual machine to the settings you define when you created the alarm action. Reboot or shutdown the guest Reboot shuts down and restarts the guest operating system without powering off the virtual machine. Shutdown shuts down the guest operating system gracefully. virtual machine 244 VMware, Inc.