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title: "Virtual Machine"
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# Virtual Machine

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
  <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 network adapter reservation status Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>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;">Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Virtual machine network adapter reservation status Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Virtual machine network adapter reservation status 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: vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>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;">vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vSphere HA VM Component Protection could not power off a virtual machine 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: vShield Virtual Machine Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Security</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Virtual Machine Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Virtual Machine Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Virtual Machine 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: vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Security</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Endpoint SVM status Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">vShield Endpoint SVM status 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: Migration Error Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>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;">None</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Migration Error Alarm (gray-to-gray)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">TIMER RESET</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: Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Configuration</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm (to red)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status Alarm (to yellow)</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status 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: vSphere HA failover failed Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>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/>vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed Alarm (to red)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status</span><br/>None</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status</span><br/>vSphere HA virtual machine failover failed 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: VM storage compliance Alarm</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>VM</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Configuration</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status</span>:<br/>VM storage compliance Alarm (to red)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status</span>:<br/>VM storage compliance Alarm (to yellow)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status</span>:<br/>VM storage compliance Alarm (to green)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GRAY Status – DO NOTHING!:</span><br/>VM storage compliance Alarm (from gray to gray)</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: vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring Alarm</p>
      <p><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Note</span>: This monitor combines output from TWO vCenter Alarms.</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>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/>vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring error Alarm (to red)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status:</span><br/>vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring action Alarm (to yellow)</p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status:</span><br/>Manually cleared Alarm ‘vSphere HA virtual machine monitoring’</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 Uptime Monitor</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>VMGUEST</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p>Availability</p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:normal;">Property vmstate captured from WMI each interval.</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">GREEN (clear) Status</span><span style="font-weight:normal;">:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">For vmTools installed :vmState=running</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:normal;">For vmTools not installed: powerState=poweredOn</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">YELLOW Status</span><span style="font-weight:normal;">:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">None</span></p>
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">RED Status</span><span style="font-weight:normal;">:</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">For vmTools installed :vmState=not Running</span><br/><span style="font-weight:normal;">For vmTools not installed: powerState=NOT poweredOn</span></p>
    </td>
    <td style="vertical-align:top;">
      <p><span style="font-weight:bold;">No</span></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>