Set Email Preferences; Set System Alert Preferences - VMware VC-VLM4-C - vCenter Lab Manager User Manual

Set Email Preferences

Lab Manager uses an SMTP server to send user notifications and system alert emails.
To set email preferences
1 In the left pane, click Settings.
2 Click the General tab.
3 Type the DNS host name or IP address of the SMTP mail server.
4 If the SMTP server requires a user name, select the Requires User Name check box and type the user name
and password for the SMTP server account.
5 Type an email address that appears as the sender for Lab Manager emails.
Lab Manager uses the sender's email address to send system alerts under these conditions:

Deployment lease expiration alerts are enabled, and a configuration or virtual machine template falls
within the specified alert time.

Storage lease expiration alerts are enabled, and a configuration or virtual machine template falls
within the specified alert time.
6 Type text to use as the subject prefix for Lab Manager emails.
7 Type the destination email address to test SMTP settings.
8 Click Test SMTP Settings to verify that the server connection works.
9 Click OK.

Set System Alert Preferences

Lab Manager can send system alert emails to all Lab Manager system administrators or to a specified list of
email addresses.
Lab Manager sends system alert emails to the specified recipients under these conditions:

Status of a host or datastore changes.
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Disk threshold (yellow or red) of a host or datastore is crossed.

Lab Manager loses or resumes the connection to the vCenter Server.

Lab Manager detects that an ESX/ESXi host is not responding or starts responding.
To set system alert, preferences
1 In the left pane, click Settings.
2 Click the General tab.
3 Select the recipients of system alert emails:

All vCenter Lab Manager Administrators – Select this option to send system alerts to all system
administrators.

These Email Addresses – Select this option to send system alerts to a specified list of email addresses.
4 Click OK.
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