Set-AlarmDefinition Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Set-AlarmDefinition

This cmdlet modifies the specified alarm definitions.

Syntax

Set-AlarmDefinition
-AlarmDefinition < AlarmDefinition[] >
[-ActionRepeatMinutes < Int32 > ]
[-AlarmAction < AlarmAction[] > ]
[-AlarmTrigger < AlarmTrigger[] > ]
[-Description < String > ]
[-Enabled < Boolean > ]
[-Name < String > ]
[-ReportingFrequencyMinutes < Int32 > ]
[-ReportingTolerancePercentage < Int32 > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 AlarmDefinition AlarmDefinition[] named
  • pipeline
 Specifies the alarm definition you want to modify.
optional ActionRepeatMinutes Int32 named
Specifies a time period in minutes to define how often the alarm action repeats if the alarm is active.
optional AlarmAction AlarmAction[] named
Specifies the alarm actions which you want to be executed when the alarm triggers.
optional AlarmTrigger AlarmTrigger[] named
Specifies the alarm triggers which you can use to activate the alarm.
optional Description String named
Specifies a new description for the alarm definition.
optional Enabled Boolean named
Indicates that the alarm definition is enabled.
optional Name String named
Specifies a new name for the alarm definition.
optional ReportingFrequencyMinutes Int32 named
Indicates how often you want to trigger the alarm. It is measured in minutes.
optional ReportingTolerancePercentage Int32 named
Indicates the tolerance range for the metric triggers. It is measured in percentage.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Alarm.AlarmDefinition

Examples

Example 1 

Get-AlarmDefinition -Name 'alarms' | Set-AlarmDefinition -ActionRepeatMinutes ($_.ActionRepeatMinutes + 1)

Increases all selected alarms action repeat minutes.

Example 2 

Get-AlarmDefinition -Name 'alarm' | foreach {$_ | Set-AlarmDefinition -Name 'alarm new name' -Description 'new description' -Enabled:$true}

Changes the name, description, and the Enabled flag of the selected alarms.

Example 3 

$trigger = New-AlarmTrigger -StatePath "runtime.powerState" -Value "poweredOff" -EntityStatus Red -EntityType "VirtualMachine" -StateAlarmOperator Equal

$action = New-AlarmAction -Snmp

Get-AlarmDefinition -Name 'alarm' | Set-AlarmDefinition -Trigger $trigger -Action $action -ReportingFrequencyMinutes 20 -ReportingTolerancePercentage 10

Changes the triggers, actions, reporting frequency minutes, and reporting tolerance percentage of the selected alarm.

Related Commands

AlarmAction

This cmdlet retrieves the actions of the specified alarm definitions.

This cmdlet creates an alarm action and attaches it to the specified alarm.

This cmdlet removes an alarm action.

AlarmActionTrigger

This cmdlet retrieves the actions that trigger the specified alarm actions.

This cmdlet creates a new action trigger for the specified alarm action.

This cmdlet removes the alarm action triggers.

AlarmDefinition

This cmdlet retrieves the available alarm definitions.

This cmdlet creates a new alarm definition.

This cmdlet removes alarm definitions from the vSphere environment.

This cmdlet modifies the specified alarm definitions.

AlarmTrigger

This cmdlet retrieves alarms triggers.

This cmdlet adds ? new alarm trigger to the existing alarm or creates ? new alarm trigger.