Veeam VMware: Host IPMI System Event Log Status Alarm

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VC41Alarm.HOST.IPMISystemEventLogStatus (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor tracks the vCenter alarm that monitors the fullness of the IPMI System Event Log.

Causes

This alarm will fire in vCenter, using thresholds defined via the vSphere Client. In general, these alarms will duplicate functionality already available in the Veeam MP, therefore this monitor by default will only set state in order to avoid duplicate alerting.

If this state-tracking is not required, either use an override to disable this monitor, or disable the vCenter alarm at source using the VMware vSphere Client.

Resolutions

Check the status of host hardware to check if there are any failures causing issues with IPMI event log. This alarm may also indicate that your IPMI System log is full. For further information see the VMware KB article The Host IPMI System Event Log Status alarm is triggered repeatedly in VMware vCenter Server 4.x and 5.x (1033725).

Use the Alerts View to see all current open issues for this object. Use the Events View to review any error and warning events for this object. Open a Performance View to see the performance metrics for this object and all contained objects. Open a Diagram View to analyse the relationships of this object to other components.

External

See the Help Center for more information including reference lists of all Rules and Monitors and full set of User Guides for the Veeam MP for VMware.

See the VMware Online Documentation for more information on VMware vSphere, in particular:

Element properties:

Target

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMHOST

Parent Monitor

System.Health.AvailabilityState

Category

AvailabilityHealth

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

High

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Monitor Type

Microsoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

Veeam VMware: Host IPMI System Event Log Status Alarm

{0}

RunAs

Default

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VC41Alarm.HOST.IPMISystemEventLogStatus" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMHOST" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VC41Alarm.HOST.IPMISystemEventLogStatus_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>High</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[11]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FirstEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SecondEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

    <OperationalState ID="ThirdEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="ThirdEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>.</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>Veeam VMware</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">AlarmStatusChangedEvent</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[11]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesWildcard</Operator>

            <Pattern>Alarm*Host IPMI System Event Log status*to red*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[5]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMHOST"]/id$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>.</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>Veeam VMware</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">AlarmStatusChangedEvent</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[11]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesWildcard</Operator>

            <Pattern>Alarm*Host IPMI System Event Log status*to yellow*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[5]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMHOST"]/id$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

    <ThirdComputerName>.</ThirdComputerName>

    <ThirdLogName>Veeam VMware</ThirdLogName>

    <ThirdExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[1]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">AlarmStatusChangedEvent</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[11]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesWildcard</Operator>

            <Pattern>Alarm*Host IPMI System Event Log status*to green*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[5]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.VMHOST"]/id$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </ThirdExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>