12.9. The Bottom Line
Use alarms for proactive monitoring.
vCenter Server offers extensive alarms for alerting vSphere administrators to excessive resource consumption or potentially negative events. You can create alarms on virtually any type of object found within vCenter Server, including datacenters, clusters, ESX/ESXi hosts, and virtual machines. Alarms can monitor for resource consumption or for the occurrence of specific events. Alarms can also trigger actions, such as running a script, migrating a virtual machine, or sending a notification email.
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