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Configuring hint text for KPI alerts in vCenter Operations Manager Enterprise (2021308)

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You define hint text per resource kind in the /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/user/conf/web/alertsKB.xml file. In a vCenter Operations Manager vApp installation, the file is in Analytics virtual machine.

For each resource kind, you specify an attribute key and an event. The event can be above for above the threshold or below for below the threshold.

For example, the following alertsKB.xml file configures hint text for the CPU Usage|Usage (%) attribute when the metric goes above the threshold:

<resourceKind>VirtualMachine</resourceKind>

<attributeKey>cpu|usage_average</attributeKey>

<event>above</event>

</kbItem>

Your changes appear in the user interface after five minutes. You do not need to restart the Web service after you edit the alertsKB.xml file.

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