Virtual Machine

Monitor/ Alert Name

Target

Parent Monitor

Events

Generates Alerts

Veeam VMware: Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm

VM

Availability

RED Status:
Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm

VM

Availability

RED Status:
vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: vShield Virtual Machine Alarm

VM

Security

RED Status:
vShield Virtual Machine Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
vShield Virtual Machine Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
vShield Virtual Machine Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm

VM

Security

RED Status:
vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: Migration Error Alarm

VM

Availability

RED Status:
None

YELLOW Status:
Migration Error Alarm (gray-to-gray)

GREEN (clear) Status:
TIMER RESET

Yes

Veeam VMware: Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm

VM

Configuration

RED Status:
Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: vSphere HA failover failed Alarm

VM

Availability

RED Status
vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status
None

GREEN (clear) Status
vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed Alarm (to green)

Yes

Veeam VMware: VM storage compliance Alarm

VM

Configuration

RED Status:
VM storage compliance Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
VM storage compliance Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
VM storage compliance Alarm (to green)

GRAY Status – DO NOTHING!:
VM storage compliance Alarm (from gray to gray)

Yes

Veeam VMware: vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring Alarm

Note: This monitor combines output from TWO vCenter Alarms.

VM

Availability

RED Status:
vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring error Alarm (to red)

YELLOW Status:
vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring action Alarm (to yellow)

GREEN (clear) Status:
Manually cleared Alarm ‘vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring’

Yes

Veeam VMware: Virtual Machine Uptime Monitor

VMGUEST

Availability

Property vmstate captured from WMI each interval.

GREEN (clear) Status:
For vmTools installed :vmState=running

For vmTools not installed: powerState=poweredOn

YELLOW Status:
None

RED Status:
For vmTools installed :vmState=not Running
For vmTools not installed: powerState=NOT poweredOn

No