The purpose of this blog post is to provide the guidance and the steps needed to configure Snapshot Alarms in vSphere.
** This guides applies to my personal home lab environment so please proceed with caution and take the appropriate steps including documentation to ensure you have a successful backup. **
- Log into your vSphere client.
- Select your vCenter Server object.
- Select Configure, Alarm Definitions, followed by Add.
4. Provide an Alarm Name, Description, and select Virtual Machine from the Target Type drop-down list.
5. Define your parameters (see below for an example):
6. Select Next:
7. Select Create:
8. The new alarm will create successfully under Recent Tasks:
9. The new alarm is now listed under Alarm Definitions:
This concludes this blog post. If I have missed anything or if you have any suggestions, please let me know.
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