Recommendations are probable solutions for an alert generated in vRealize Operations Cloud. You can create a library of recommendations that include instructions to your environment administrators or actions that they can run to resolve an alert.

Where You Find Recommendations

To define recommendations, in the menu, click Alerts and then in the left pane, click Configuration > Recommendations.

You can also define recommendations when you create an alert definition.

Table 1. Recommendations Overview Options
Option Description
Toolbar options
Use the toolbar options to manage your recommendations.
  • Add. Add a recommendation.
Click the horizontal ellipsis to perform the following actions.
  • Edit. Modify the selected recommendation.
  • Delete. Remove the selected recommendation.
  • Clone. Create a copy of the selected recommendation so that you can create a new recommendation that uses the current one.
  • Export and Import. Export the file as XML from one vRealize Operations Cloud so that you can import the file on another instance. When you import the file, if you encounter a conflict, you can override the existing file or not import the new file.
Filter options

Limits the list to recommendations matching the filter.

Description

Recommendation text as it appears when the alert is generated and the recommendation is presented.

Action

If the recommendation includes running an action, the name of the actions.

Alert Definitions Displays the number of alert definitions assigned for a particular recommendation. Click this link to view the alert definitions assigned for a particular recommendation and click Remove from all to remove the selected recommendation from all alert definitions.
Defined By Indicates whether the recommendation was created by a user or provided with a solution adapter.
Last Modified Displays the date on which the recommendation was last modified.
Modified By Displays the name of the user who last modified the recommendation.