Managed Object - AlarmManager

Property of: ServiceContent
See also: Alarm, AlarmDescription, AlarmExpression, AlarmSpec, AlarmState, ManagedEntity

Managed Object Description

The alarm manager is a singleton object for managing alarms within a service instance.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
defaultExpression* P	AlarmExpression[]	The default setting for each alarm expression, used to populate the initial client wizard screen.
description P	AlarmDescription	The static descriptive strings used in alarms.

*May not be presentP Required privilege: System.View

Methods

Methods defined in this Managed Object
AcknowledgeAlarm, AreAlarmActionsEnabled, CreateAlarm, EnableAlarmActions, GetAlarm, GetAlarmState

AcknowledgeAlarm

Acknowledge the alarm on a managed entity. The actions associated with the alarm will not fire until the alarm's next distinct occurrence; that is, until after the alarm has entered the green or gray states at least once. Calling this method on an acknowledged or non-triggered alarm.

Required Privileges: None
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
alarm P	ManagedObjectReference to a Alarm	The Alarm to acknowledge.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The ManagedEntity for which to acknowledge the Alarm.

PRequired privilege - see tooltip for details

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the tuple doesn't exist.
InvalidRequest	Thrown if the referenced alarm/entity is null
ManagedObjectNotFound	Thrown if the referenced alarm/entity is invalid.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AcknowledgeAlarm" type="vim25:AcknowledgeAlarmRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AcknowledgeAlarmResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

AreAlarmActionsEnabled

Returns true if alarm actions are enabled on the specified managed entity.

Required Privileges: None
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The managed entity to look up.

P Required privilege: System.Read

Return Value

Type	Description
xsd:boolean

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AreAlarmActionsEnabled" type="vim25:AreAlarmActionsEnabledRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="AreAlarmActionsEnabledResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="xsd:boolean"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

CreateAlarm

Creates an alarm.

In addition to the Alarm.Create privilege, may also require the Global.ScriptAction if a RunScriptAction action is specified in the AlarmSpec.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The entity with which the alarm is associated.
spec	AlarmSpec	The specification for the new alarm.

P Required privilege: Alarm.Create

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference to a Alarm	A reference to the Alarm object created by the operation.

Faults

Type	Description
DuplicateName	Thrown if an alarm with the name already exists.
InvalidArgument	Thrown if the specification is invalid.
InvalidName	Thrown if the alarm name is empty or too long.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateAlarm" type="vim25:CreateAlarmRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="CreateAlarmResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

EnableAlarmActions

Enables or disables alarms on the specified managed entity.

Required Privileges: None
Since: vSphere API 4.0

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The managed entity on which to set a schedule.
enabled	xsd:boolean	true, if alarms are enabled during the schedule.

P Required privilege: Alarm.DisableActions

Return Value

Type	Description
None

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="EnableAlarmActions" type="vim25:EnableAlarmActionsRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="EnableAlarmActionsResponse">
            <complexType/>
         </element>

GetAlarm

Available alarms defined on the entity. These alarms do not include any inherited alarms; that is, alarms associated with parent entities.

Required Privileges: System.View

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
entity*	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The entity. If not set, alarms are returned for all visible entities.

*Need not be set

Return Value

Type	Description
ManagedObjectReference[] to a Alarm[]	A reference to the Alarm objects returned by the operation.

Faults

Type	Description
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GetAlarm" type="vim25:GetAlarmRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GetAlarmResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:ManagedObjectReference" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>

GetAlarmState

The state of instantiated alarms on the entity.

Required Privileges: None

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
_this	ManagedObjectReference	A reference to the AlarmManager used to make the method call.
entity P	ManagedObjectReference to a ManagedEntity	The entity.

P Required privilege: System.Read

Return Value

Type	Description
AlarmState[]	The state of instantiated alarms.

Faults

Type	Description
InvalidRequest	Thrown if the referenced entity is null.
ManagedObjectNotFound	Thrown if the referenced entity is invalid.
RuntimeFault	Thrown if any type of runtime fault is thrown that is not covered by the other faults; for example, a communication error.

Events

Type
None

Show WSDL type definition

         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GetAlarmState" type="vim25:GetAlarmStateRequestType"/>
         <element xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:vim25="urn:vim25" name="GetAlarmStateResponse">
            <complexType>
               <sequence>
                  <element name="returnval" type="vim25:AlarmState" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
               </sequence>
            </complexType>
         </element>