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

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1. Enter an Instance Name. This is the name that identifies this instance that you select when you later configure notification rules. “Sender NameDisplayed name for the sender email address.” If your Endpoint URL does not need any authentication, then select No Credential from the Credential Type list. CredentialAdd or edit the Credential details. Click the plus icon to enter the details of the new credentials in the Create New Credential pane, and click Save. This field appears only when you select Basic Authentication as the Credential Type. When you upgrade to the latest version of VMware Aria Operations, all credentials get unassigned. The VMware Aria Operations administrator must assign the credentials from the Orphan and Unassigned page. For more information, see the topic, Managing Orphaned and Unassigned Content. Receiver Email AddressReceiver's email address.

   In Sender identity setup

2. Enter an Instance Name. This is the name that identifies this instance that you select when you later configure notification rules. “Sender Email AddressEmail address that appears on the notification message.” If your Endpoint URL does not need any authentication, then select No Credential from the Credential Type list. CredentialAdd or edit the Credential details. Click the plus icon to enter the details of the new credentials in the Create New Credential pane, and click Save. This field appears only when you select Basic Authentication as the Credential Type. When you upgrade to the latest version of VMware Aria Operations, all credentials get unassigned. The VMware Aria Operations administrator must assign the credentials from the Orphan and Unassigned page. For more information, see the topic, Managing Orphaned and Unassigned Content. Receiver Email AddressReceiver's email address.

   In Sender identity setup

3. 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.

   In Outbound alerts and notifications

4. 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.

   In Outbound alerts and notifications

5. 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.

   In Outbound alerts and notifications

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