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To help you detect and address changing demand for resources, the virtual appliance has Monitoring and Control features. Go to Virtual datacenters, select a virtual appliance and then select the Monitoring or Control tabs.
Basic control and scaling concepts
Alarms
An alarm activates when a metric passes a certain threshold. If you imagine a dashboard for your metrics, alarms are like red lights that light up when conditions change, for example, when there is a problem.
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