PRTG-VMWare-Alerts

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Using VMWare PowerCLI this Script checks VMware Alerts. You can exclude specific Alarms or VMs. (see Alarm/VM exceptions) All Acknowledged Alarms/Warnings are counted but only for logging.

HOW TO

1. Make sure the VMware PowerCLI Module exists on the Probe under the Powershell Module Path

   • C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Core

2. Place PRTG-VMware-Snapshot-Alerts.ps1 under C:\Program Files (x86)\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXEXML

3. Create new Sensor

   Settings	Value
   EXE/Script Advanced	PRTG-VMware-Alerts.ps1
   Parameters	-ViServer 'yourVCenter' -User 'yourUser' -Password 'yourPassword'
   Scanning Interval	10 minutes

4. Set the "$VMIgnorePattern" or "$VMIgnorePattern" parameter to exclude Alarms

   example: -AlarmIgnorePattern '^(vSphere Health detected new issues in your environment)$'

Examples

Alarm/VM exceptions

Exceptions can be made within this script by changing the variable $AlarmIgnoreScript or $VMIgnoreScript. This way, the change applies to all PRTG sensors based on this script. If exceptions have to be made on a per sensor level, the script parameter $VMIgnorePattern or $AlarmIgnorePattern can be used.

For more information about regular expressions in PowerShell, visit Microsoft Docs.

".+" is one or more charakters ".*" is zero or more charakters