Create a Search-based Alert

In VMware Aria Operations for Networks, you can define an alert through the search. Whenever you perform search, you get a option to create an alert based on your search result.

All the alerts created by users are categorized as Search-based alerts. Search-based alerts were previously know as user defined events.

Note: If you are an existing VMware Aria Operations for Networks user, and you have configured user-defined events in your VMware Aria Operations for Networks, then when you upgrade to VMware Aria Operations for Networks version 6.1, you see all your user-defined events under the Alert Definitions page. Based on the event type, you can find your events under either Problem or Change tab in the Alert Definitions page.

Procedure

1. Click located in upper-right corner on the search result window.
2. In the Define Alert page, do the following:

   Option	Action
   Name	Enter a unique name for the alert.
   Search query	Shows the search criteria for the alert.
   Generate alert when	Select when you want to generate the alert.
   Definition type	Select an alert type.
   Severity	This field specifies the severity of the alert. You can set it to the following values: Critical Moderate Warning Info

3. To configure how you want to send the notification, select Alert Notification check box and do the following:

   Option	Action
   Email frequency	Select how frequently you want to get the notifications.
   Email addresses	Enter an email address when you want to get the notifications.
   SNMP trap destination	Select trap destinations from the drop-down. You can select maximum four trap destinations.

4. Click SUBMIT.