Alert Notifications Design for VMware Aria Operations for Logs for Intelligent Logging and Analytics for VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware Aria Operations for Logs supports alerts that trigger notifications about its own health and about the health of monitored solutions.

Table 1. VMware Aria Operations for Logs Alert Types

Alert Type	Description
System	VMware Aria Operations for Logs generates notifications when an important system event occurs, for example, when the disk space is almost exhausted and VMware Aria Operations for Logs must start deleting or archiving old log files.
Content pack	Content packs contain default alerts that can be configured to send notifications. These alerts are specific to the content pack and are deactivated by default.
User-defined	Administrators and users can define their own alerts based on data ingested by VMware Aria Operations for Logs. VMware Aria Operations for Logs handles alerts in three ways: Send an e-mail over SMTP. Send system notifications to third-party products using webhooks. Trigger notification events.

Table 2. Design Decision on Alert Notifications for VMware Aria Operations for Logs

Decision ID	Design Decision	Design Justification	Design Implication
ILA-VAOL-CFG-013	Configure alert notifications.	Activates alerts from VMware Aria Operations for Logs sent to administrators and operators.	If using email for notifications, you must configure the SMTP server settings in VMware Aria Operations for Logs.