How Do I Configure System Email Notification Settings for a VMware Cloud Director Instance

You can configure VMware Cloud Director service to send email notifications triggered by system events to all administrators of a VMware Cloud Director instance or to a specified list of email addresses.

You can configure VMware Cloud Director service as an SMTP server that sends system alert emails for a specific VMware Cloud Director instance when it has important information to report, for example, an instance restarting, vCenter Server connecting or disconnecting to the VMware Cloud Director instance.

Procedure

1. Log in to VMware Cloud Director service.
   • If you are an enterprise customer, log in at https://console.cloud.vmware.com.
   • If you are a CSP-SaaS partner, log in at https://navigator.vmware.com.
2. Click Cloud Director Instances.
3. In the card of the VMware Cloud Director instance that you want to manage, click Actions > Configure SMTP Settings.
4. To enable the feature, select the Send email notifications check box.
5. Depending on your environment needs, choose one of the options.
   • To send email notifications to a default list of VMware Cloud Director users with administrator roles, select All VMware Cloud Director administrators.

     For detailed info on VMware Cloud Director email alerts and the default recipients of notifications when this check box is selected, see Configuring Email Templates in the VMware Cloud Director Service Provider Admin Guide.

   • To send notifications to a list of recipients of your choice, select Specified recipients and enter a comma-separated list of email addresses of the recipients that you want to notify about important system events.
6. Click Configure.