Adding Outbound Notification Plug-Ins in VMware Aria ...

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1. Add a Standard Email Plug-In for VMware Aria Operations Outbound Alerts “You add a Standard Email Plug-In so that you can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to email VMware Aria Operations alert notifications to your virtual infrastructure administrators, network operations engineers, and other interested individuals.” Ensure that you have an email user account that you can use as the connection account for the alert notifications. If you choose to require authentication, you must also know the password for this account.

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2. You add a Standard Email Plug-In so that you can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to email VMware Aria Operations alert notifications to your virtual infrastructure administrators, network operations engineers, and other interested individuals. “Ensure that you have an email user account that you can use as the connection account for the alert notifications.” From the left menu, click ConfigureAlerts, and then in the right pane, click Outbound Settings.

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3. You add a Standard Email Plug-In so that you can use Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to email VMware Aria Operations alert notifications to your virtual infrastructure administrators, network operations engineers, and other interested individuals. “If you choose to require authentication, you must also know the password for this account.” From the left menu, click ConfigureAlerts, and then in the right pane, click Outbound Settings.

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4. You can configure one or more instances of the same plug-in type if you need to direct alert information to multiple target systems. “The Automated Action plug-in is activated by default.” Add a Standard Email Plug-In for VMware Aria Operations Outbound Alerts

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5. You can configure one or more instances of the same plug-in type if you need to direct alert information to multiple target systems. “If automated actions stop working, check the Automated Action plug-in and activate it if necessary.” Add a Standard Email Plug-In for VMware Aria Operations Outbound Alerts

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6. You add outbound plug-in instances so that you can notify users about alerts or capture alert data outside of VMware Aria Operations. “You can configure one or more instances of the same plug-in type if you need to direct alert information to multiple target systems.” The Automated Action plug-in is activated by default. If automated actions stop working, check the Automated Action plug-in and activate it if necessary. If you edit the Automated Action plug-in, you only need to provide the instance name.

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