Alarm Configuration in VMware Monitoring

Configure threshold-based alerts across all VMware entity types to detect performance and availability issues proactively. Alarms can be set at the individual entity level or applied to groups of VMware resources.

Overview

Cloudmon supports alarms for all monitored VMware entities including vCenters, ESXi hosts, clusters, virtual machines, datastores, and resource pools. When a configured threshold is breached, Cloudmon raises an alarm and can notify the relevant team members via email, SMS, or third party integrations. Alarms can be configured at the individual entity level from the entity's Settings page, or at the group level via Alarm Rules to apply consistent alerting across all entities of the same type.

Configuring Alarms for Individual VMware Entities

1. Navigate to Virtualization → VMware and select the entity type (ESXi Hosts, Virtual Machines, Datastores, etc.).
2. Click on the specific entity you want to configure alarms for.
3. Open the Settings page for that entity.
4. Click Add Trigger to create a new alarm condition.
5. Configure the trigger fields as described in the table below.
6. Click Save.

Configuring Alarms for VMware Resource Groups

To apply an alarm rule across all entities of a specific VMware type simultaneously, navigate to Settings → Configurations → Alarm Rules, click Add, and select the relevant VMware entity type such as VMware ESXi, VMware VM, or VMware Datastore. Add triggers for the required metrics and associate the rule with the relevant device groups. Each alarm is built around a simple IF/THEN model, where you select a metric, set a threshold, and define what happens when it is breached. Learn more.