Hi Dan,  VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change will do as below: PurposeThis rule fires an alarm if a virtual machine has been suspended or powered off recently. Rule Definition Conditions                                                                                           State   Action The virtual machine has not been suspended or powered off recently.     Normal   None The virtual machine has been suspended recently.                               Warning  None The virtual machine has been powered off recently.                                Critical Send email to VMware admin Maybe you can add, e-mail action to the warning severity of the rule.
Hello  I have just started evaluating vFoglight to monitor our VMware infrastructure, and so far I really like the product, but there is a lot to take in.  Is there a predefined alarm that will raise and alert and email me if a vm crashes or goes offline? Will the default rule 'VMW Virtual Machine Power State Change' do this?  I get the impression this will tell me if the VM is shutdown, or restarted, but couldnt workout if it would flag up if a VM has frozen or crashed.  In the past I have done this using the basic 'no heartbeat alram' in vsphere.  Any help would be appreciated  Thanks  Dan
Alarm based on VM status