You add outbound plug-in instances so that you can notify users about alerts or capture alert data outside of VMware Aria Operations.
You can configure one or more instances of the same plug-in type if you need to direct alert information to multiple target systems.
The Automated Action plug-in is activated by default. If automated actions stop working, check the Automated Action plug-in and activate it if necessary. If you edit the Automated Action plug-in, you only need to provide the instance name.
Add a Standard Email Plug-In for VMware Aria Operations Outbound Alerts
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have an email user account that you can use as the connection account for the alert notifications. If you choose to require authentication, you must also know the password for this account.
Procedure
Results
This instance of the Standard Email Plug-In for outbound SMTP alerts is configured and running.
What to do next
Create notification rules that use the Standard Email Plug-In to send a message to your users about alerts requiring their attention. See User Scenario: Create a VMware Aria Operations Email Alert Notification.
Add an SNMP Trap Plug-In for VMware Aria Operations Outbound Alerts
You add an SNMP Trap plug-in when you want to configure VMware Aria Operations to log alerts on an existing SNMP Trap server in your environment.
You can provide filtering when you define a Notification using an SNMP Trap destination.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have an SNMP Trap server configured in your environment, and that you know the IP address or host name, port number, and community that it uses.
Procedure
Results
This instance of the SNMP Trap plug-in is configured and running.
What to do next
When the plug-in is added, configure notifications for receiving the SNMP traps.
Add a Service-Now Notification Plug-In for Outbound Alerts
You add a Service-Now Notification plug-in when you want to integrate Service Now ticketing system with VMware Aria Operations. Service Now creates an incident whenever an alert is triggered in VMware Aria Operations.
Using Service-Now Notification Plug-In you can send alert notifications to the Service Now ticketing system to create incidents. The incident includes information like the Caller, Category, Subcategory, Business Service, and other attributes related to alerts.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have log in credentials for Service-Now.
Ensure that you are assigned with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) role in Service Now.
Procedure
Results
This instance of the Service-Now Notifications plug-in is configured and running.
What to do next
When the plug-in is added, configure notifications for creating incidents in Service-Now ticketing system.
Notifications - Add a Slack Plugin for Outbound Notifications
You can add a Slack plug-in to forward alerts and configure multiple notification rules with different slack channels. The Slack plug-in allows you to receive pre-formatted alert details with alert fields and helps you run VMware Aria Operations using alert links to troubleshoot further.
Prerequisites
Procedure
Results
This instance of the Slack plugin is configured and running.
What to do next
When the plugin is added, configure notifications for different slack channels.
Add a Webhook Notification Plugin for Outbound Instance
You can integrate Webhook with any endpoint REST API and configure outbound payload.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have login credentials for Webhook.
Procedure
Results
This instance of the Webhook Notification plugin is configured and running.
Sample Email Alert
Here is a sample email for a newly created alert.
Alert Definition Name: Node is experiencing swapping due to memory pressure Alert Definition Description: Node is experiencing swapping due to memory pressure Object Name : VMware Aria Operations Node-VMwareAria Cluster Node Object Type : vC-Ops-Node Alert Impact: risk Alert State : warning Alert Type : Application Alert Sub-Type : Performance Object Health State: info Object Risk State: warning Object Efficiency State: info Control State: Open Symptoms: SYMPTOM SET - self
Symptom Name | Object Name | Object ID | Metric | Message Info |
---|---|---|---|---|
Node swap usage at Warning level | VMware Aria Operations Node-VMware Aria Cluster Node | 50ec874a-2d7d-4e78-98b1-afb26fd67e58 | Swap|Workload | 59.183 > 30.0 |
Recommendations: Notification Rule Name: rule1 Notification Rule Description: Alert ID : badc2266-935d-4fb9-8594-e2e71e4866fc VCOps Server - VMwareAriaClusterNode Alert details(link)
VMware Hosted Email plug-in for Outbound Settings
Use the VMware hosted email plug-in for alert notifications and reports delivery in VMware Aria Operations.