The details shown below are based on the default settings. Editing this alert has no restrictions. The trigger and clear conditions can be changed to suit your needs.
Primary purpose: To alert when a hard drive is being reported as failed by a VMware hypervisor hardware sensor.
Possible causes for this alert include:
- The hardware sensor and/or RAID controller is reporting a failed status for a specific drive.
- The hardware sensor and/or RAID controller is reporting a degraded status for a specific drive.
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Alert severity |
Emergency |
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Repetitive alert pause condition |
After 10 occurrences within 2 hours against a specific entity, pause the alert for 2 hours |
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Alert trigger condition |
The hypervisor drive status is equal to Bad. |
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Alert clear condition |
The hypervisor drive status is no longer equal to Bad. |
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Action(s) to be taken |
Replace the failed drive as soon as possible. |