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| Include Page | Introduction to Alerts | Introduction to Alerts |
| Include Page | Display alerts | Display alerts |
| Include Page | Create an alert | Create an alert |
| Include Page | Delete an alarm | Delete an alarm
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This section describes how to manage multi-cloud alerts for any group of resource metrics across your cloud providers in the multi-cloud platform |
Introduction to alerts
An alert is a group of one or more alarms. An alert can notify the user when it activates and it can also trigger action plans. An alert activates when all its alarms are activated. 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. Alerts are like a worker monitoring a group of alarms; when all the lights for the group are lit up, then the worker takes action and activates the alert.
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Display alerts
To display and manage alerts:
Go to Control → Alerts
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Create alerts and alarms
An alert will trigger when all its alarms are activated. You can use the alert to notify users and trigger automation. See Manage action plans.
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Privileges: Access alerts section, Manage alerts |
Before you begin:
Retrieve VM built-in metrics, by editing VMs and enabling monitoring (see VM monitoring and metrics) or create custom metrics
Create one or more metric alarms (see Manage cloud alarms and Infrastructure alarms). You cannot save an alert without an alarm
To create an alert:
Go to Control → Alerts
Click the + add button
Enter the General information
To disable action when the alert activates, select the Muted checkbox
For the Email, enter a comma separated list of emails to notify when the alert activates
To assign alarms to the alert, click the + add button. To be able to save the alert, you must assign at least one alarm.
Select an existing alarm, or create a new alarm, and assign it to the alert. You can filter the Alarms list by Metric and also if the alarm is Active or not.
Repeat for the required alarms.
Click Confirm
Click Save
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Remove alarms from alerts
You can delete any alarm at any time, even if it is part of one or more alerts. The platform will not warn you that the alarm is used in an alert. However, you can check this in Control view. After you delete an alarm, you cannot recover it.
You can also remove an alarm from an alert.
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Privileges: Access alarms section, Manage alarms, Manage alerts |
To delete an alarm:
Go to Virtual datacenters or Infrastructure → Alarms
Select the alarm and delete it by clicking on the trash bin delete button
To remove an alarm from an alert:
Go to Control → Alerts → edit alert
Select the alarm, click the trash bin delete button, and confirm
The platform will remove it from this alert, but it will remain in all other alerts that it is associated with
If you delete a VM, the platform will delete any alarms associated with its metrics.