You can configure SAM (Service Assurance Manager), to get alert notifications from vRealize Operations.
To get vROPS alerts in SAM, follow the procedure:
Prerequisites
Install and configure the vROPS alerts collector, refer VMware Smart Assurance UI Platform User and Configuration Guide, chapter VMware vROPs Alerts collector.
Procedure
- Go to, <SAM-Basedir>/smarts/local/conf/icoi/kafaka_adapter.conf, file and edit the kafaka_adapter.conf file, by invoking the command: vi /opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/conf/icoi/kafaka_adapter.conf.
- Set
EnableKafkaSubscription
to TRUE
.
- Set
BrokerInfo
to <KAFKA BROKER IP>:<KAFKA BROKER PORT>
.
- Set
Topic
to the topic that was configured in the vROPS alerts collector.
For example, topic name can be
vrops-alerts
.
- Type the following command to, go to bin directory:
cd /opt/InCharge/SAM/smarts/bin
- Go to,
<SAM-Basedir>/smarts/local/conf/clientConnect.conf
file, and edit the clientConnect.conf file, by invoking the command: ./sm_edit conf/clientConnect.conf.
- Add the following line just before the admin password:
kafka:<kafka broker ip>:<Kafla admin user>:<Kafka admin password
- Restart OI server.
Note: The OI server automatically connects to Kafka, if
EnableKafkaSubscription
is set to
TRUE
.