Actions are the ability to update objects or read data about objects in monitored systems, and are commonly provided in VMware Aria Operations as part of a solution. The actions added by solutions are available from the object Actions menu, list and view menus, including some dashboard widgets, and can be added to alert definition recommendations.
The possible actions include read actions and update actions.
The read actions retrieve data from the target objects.
The update actions modifies the target objects. For example, you can configure an alert definition to notify you when a virtual machine is experiencing memory issues. Add an action in the recommendations that runs the Set Memory for Virtual Machine action. This action increases the memory and resolves the likely cause of the alert.
To see or use the actions for your vCenter Server objects, you must activate actions in the vCenter Adapter for each monitored vCenter Server instance. Actions can only be viewed and accessed if you have the required permissions.
Actions, Modified Objects, and Object Levels in VMware Aria Operations Actions
- Actions and Modified Objects
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VMware Aria Operations actions make changes to objects in your managed vCenter Server instances.
When you grant a user access to actions in VMware Aria Operations, that user can take the granted action on any object that VMware Aria Operations manages.
- Action Object Levels
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The actions are available when you work with different object levels, but they modify only the specified object. If you are working at the cluster level and select Power On VM, all the virtual machines in the cluster for which you have access permission are available for you to run the action. If you are working at the virtual machine level, only the selected virtual machine is available.
Action | Modified Object | Object Levels |
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Rebalance Container | Virtual Machines |
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Delete Idle VM | Virtual Machines |
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Set DRS Automation | Cluster |
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Move VM | Virtual Machine |
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Power Off VM | Virtual Machine |
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Shut Down Guest OS for VM | Virtual Machine VMware Tools must be installed and running on the target virtual machines to run this action. |
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Power On VM | Virtual Machine |
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Delete Powered Off VM | Virtual Machine |
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Set Memory for VM and Set Memory for VM Power Off Allowed |
Virtual Machine |
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Set Memory Resources for VM | Virtual Machine |
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Set CPU Count for VM and Set CPU Count for VM Power Off Allowed |
Virtual Machine |
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Set CPU Resources for VM | Virtual Machine |
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Set CPU Count and Memory for VM and Set CPU Count and Memory for VM Power Off Allowed |
Virtual Machine |
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Delete Unused Snapshots for VM | Snapshot |
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Delete Unused Snapshots for Datastore | Snapshot |
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Execute Script | Virtual Machine |
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Get Top Processes | Virtual Machine |
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Apply Guest User Mapping | vCenter Server |
Note: This action is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.
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Clear Guest User Mapping | vCenter Server |
Note: This action is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.
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Export Guest User Mapping | vCenter Server |
Note: This action is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.
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Configure Included Services | Service Discovery Adapter Instance |
Note: This action is deprecated and will be removed in the next release.
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