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title: "Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine Alarms"
description: "These Monitors target the inherited class “Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine”, not the base VM class."
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# Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine Alarms

These Monitors target the inherited class “Fault Tolerant Virtual Machine”, not the base VM class.

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  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <th>
      <p>Monitor/ Alert Name</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Target </p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Parent Monitor</p>
    </th>
    <th>
      <p>Events</p>
    </th>
    <th style="width:15%;">
      <p>Generates Alerts</p>
    </th>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance State Changed Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>FT VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/>Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance State Changed Alarm (to red) </p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/>Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance State Changed Alarm (to yellow)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/>Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance State Changed Alarm (to green)</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance vLockstep Interval Status Changed Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>FT VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/>Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance vLockstep Interval Status Changed Alarm (to red)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/>Virtual Machine Fault Tolerance vLockstep Interval Status Changed Alarm (to green)</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: No Compatible Host for Secondary VM Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>FT VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/>No Compatible Host for Secondary Alarm (to red)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/>No Compatible Host for Secondary Alarm (to yellow)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/>No Compatible Host for Secondary Alarm (to green)</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: Timed Out Starting Secondary VM Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>FT VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Timed Out Starting Secondary VM Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Timed Out Starting Secondary VM Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Timed Out Starting Secondary VM Alarm (to green)</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr style="vertical-align:top">
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Veeam VMware: VM Fault Tolerance Secondary VM latency status Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>FT VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">VM Fault Tolerance Secondary VM latency status Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">VM Fault Tolerance Secondary VM latency status Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">VM Fault Tolerance Secondary VM latency status Alarm (to green)</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Yes</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>