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Veeam VMware: Database Health Alarm

Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvent.DatabaseHealthAlarm (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor tracks the vCenter Server Database Health Alarm.

Causes

vCenter Server checks how much free space is left in a database every 15 minutes, and triggers the vCenter Server Database Health Alarm if any of the preconfigured thresholds is breached. If the database is 80% full, you will get a warning. If the database is 95% full, vCenter Server will shut down.

By default, this alarm is triggered by the following events:

vCenter Event

Alarm Status

Description

DBHealthStatusClearEvent

alarm_status(green)

Database health status changed from YELLOW to GREEN.

DBHealthStatusWarningEvent

alarm_status(yellow)

Database health status changed from GREEN to YELLOW (used: 82%, threshold: 80%).

DBHealthStatusErrorEvent

alarm_status(red)

Database health status changed from GREEN to RED (used: 97%, threshold: 95%).

Resolutions

If the vCenter Server Database Health Alarm is not GREEN, try increasing the storage space for the database and restarting the VMware vCenter Server service. Another option is to delete unnecessary data from the database.

If you do not want the vCenter Server to shut down when the database is 95% full, you can change the vCenter Server Database Health Alarm default action, or you can also change the default preconfigured thresholds. For more information on both actions, see this VMware KB article.

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 analyze 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:

TargetVeeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvents
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.ConfigurationState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityMatchMonitorHealth
Alert PriorityHigh
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Veeam VMware: Database Health Alarm
{0}
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvent.DatabaseHealthAlarm" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="VeeamVEVMwareLib!Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvents" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.ConfigurationState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.3SingleEventLog3StateUnitMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.vCenterEvent.DatabaseHealthAlarm_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*Database Health Alarm*to red*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[6]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</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*Database Health Alarm*to yellow*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[6]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</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*Database Health Alarm*to green*</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Params/Param[6]</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </ThirdExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>